any one know what this guy is??

just picked up this unidentified arc lamp-- any one know what it is?? no markings on it-- thanks !!

 

It is a BEAUTY! (but that does not answer your question... ) Congrats!!!

 

Windhorst

 

You got there before me. Yes Windhorst Primo model 22. This is from the 1911 Windhorst catalogue. ::Neil::

 

OH NICE!!!! Thank you-- double mantle-- love it-- now I know which way to go on restoration!!! thanks again!!!!!

 

funny thing is I paid 48 bucks for it! LOL

 

Yes ! the flyer say $47 only :-)

 

47 Dollars in 1911 is $1,279.78 in today's money!

 

I saw an article from 1899/1900 (I can't think of the exact year but it was one of them) that stated that an inventor sold the rights to his gravity lamp for $10,000 plus royalties. I thought that was a heck of a lot of money back then. I'd bet houses were only a couple of thousand dollars and way cheaper than that in the country areas.

I have one of the gravity lamps so it was pretty cool seeing that article.

 

I do hope you can find the double mantle burner but I don't think that is going to be easy. From a practical sense, I'd be going with a single burner until you locate a double one.

 

Clearly pressure lamps depreciate more than mandolins! Last year, I bought a 1913 Gibson mandolin. After adjusting the price for inflation I found I’d pretty much paid precisely its 1913 retail price!