Bullfinch Glass Tilley.

Good morning fellow lamp users. I purchased another lamp yesterday to tinker with. I noticed the shade has Bullfinch on it and was interested to see any info on this. I noticed there was in fact some information going back in 2014 and more recent posts by Mr David Shouksmith. I was curious and it was helpful seeing the various posts about this shade that was used instead of the tilley 171 or the other euro glass supplied.

 

Yes, those Bullfinch glasses do the job.

 

Hi Jeff. Thank you for the reply. Yes I had seen some lamps along while ago and almost forgot them. Also I had seen the name on some propane heaters and lights etc.
I think I like to see the 171 shades on tilley lamps as it seems to compliment the tilley lamp better. However it is a nice thick shade. I had to drain off the old paraffin and replace all the seals as they were all hard and leaking. It is now a good working lamp again.

 

I have found two x246bs in the past with Bullfinch globes. They may have been cheaper back then, or maybe they could be easily obtained from building sites where they used Bullfinch 1616 propane lanterns.

 

Hi. Thank you for your comments. All interesting stuff bringing nostalgic memories back. Thank you.

 

Yes, the Bullfinch glass is thicker than the Tilley glass. Unfortunately, the glass is thicker on the outside than the inside (if you see what I mean) and I've found that sometimes they're a very tight fit inside the Tilley cage. Occasionally they won't fit at all...

 

Thank you David for some very interesting info. I still learn something new each day. This one is relatively loose so I suppose who ever was making the cages at the time a wee bit small could create some problems.

 

The Bullfinch marked glass does turn up quite frequently. The most obvious explanation is that a broken 171 Tilley glass was replaced with a Bullfinch - but since the latter LPG lanterns are not that common, it would not have been that easy to find a Bullfinch spares stockist

They seem to be found in X246Bs mainly - so I wonder whether some were fitted with a Bullfinch marked glass from new? Unless someone opens a new, boxed Tilley fitted with a Bullfinch glass, we may never know either way.

 

Ian thank you for your reply and some interesting remarks about the bullfinch glass. Very much appreciated you and other members taking the time to advise about this post. Kind regards. Nigel.