Help with Radius stove lamp

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  1. Krisse

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    Today's find in a boathouse =) Have some questions regarding the lamp. What model? 143,123? Can anyone see the year/years of manufacture? The stove is a Radius 21.

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  2. ROBBO55

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    Nice find @Krisse , congratulations :thumbup:

    They are listed in the 1930's catalogues as model 143.
     
  3. Krisse

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    Is it 143 with stove and 123 with only the lamp?

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    Great finds!:thumbup:
     
  6. Nils Stephenson

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    Congratulations on a nice find. There are some nice pieces there.

    The Primus 1010 is a good heater and usually works well. The Primus 107 stove is also good but is missing the inner and outer flame spreaders. The inner flame spreader is special to this model so not that common. The blow torch is also a Primus and could be model 865 or 866. They are all from the early 1930s.

    Now the Radius. This would either be a model 143 or 146. It has the straight glass that a 143 would have, but it doesn't have the handle or windshield. The 146 would otherwise have a bulge glass. There is good information in the 1939 Radius catalogue. The earlier models (121 and 123) had a slightly different construction.
     
  7. Krisse

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    Thanks Nils! and your sharp eyes!

    Primus 1010 is on its way to a new owner and Radius is out for sale. I'm more of an Optimus guy

    The glass unfortunately has a crack

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    @Anthony

    Note the “Indifferent” glass.

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  9. Nils Stephenson

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    Yes I did notice that it is an "Indifferent" glass. Not very common on a Radius so even with a crack it is worth keeping for display purposes.
     
  10. george

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    This is something I brought up before on other Indifferent globes; that "137", I think is a date. I can't prove it but I think your globe was made in January 1937.
    I've had several Petromax 827 type globes and they all had a different set of numbers. :-k
     

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