Aida 251

Hello,
I recently acquired this lamp.
Does anyone have any information about this model 251? I haven't been able to find any information about it so far.

 

What an amazing piece, I don’t have any information about it but congratulations on your find.

 

Nice old table lamp !
What mantle do you use?

 

In my opinion it looks like a peerless mantle.
Nice table lamp!

 

@leo Yes, it is a peerless A24 .

 

Neil McRae’s Pressure Lamp Catalogue has the Aida 251 as “early 1930s” and 300cp.

Cheers

Tony

 

Does anyone have this catalog page?

 

@Jan R

What catalogue?

The Pressure Lamp Catalogue has this information as two lines of text in a list of models.

Tony

 

OK, thank you.

 

A grand old lamp.

 

@Jan R
Welcome to the forum

The pressure gauge and pump cover are pre-war,but the handwheel is like on the post-war AIDA models.
Does the pressure gauge have a DRP stamp ?
Please check if the tank has a scratch on the underside,for age determination.

 

Hello
Yes, the handwheel is the wrong one. I have since replaced it with an original pre-war Aida.
The pressure gauge is labeled DRP.
So far, I have only found the marking N/2 on the bottom of the tank.

 

Hello Jan,
maybe this can help you a little bit:

Kind regards
Jörg

 

Thanks for the info.
Can you date the catalog page?

 

@Jan R

Please show us a photo of the scratch on the underside of the tank.

@Jörg Wekenmann

Can you tell us in which year AIDA was acquired by Ehrich&Graetz ?

 

Hello Reinhard,

In 1923, Jacob Hirschhorn oHG was converted into Jacob Hirschhorn AG.
In the same year, Robert Frister AG, Berlin, acquired Hirschhorn AG.
In 1938, R. Frister AG sold Hirschhorn AG to Ehrich & Graetz.

Best regards,
Jörg

 

Jan, this catalogue is from approximately 1934.

Jörg

 

@Jörg Wekenmann

Thank you so much,I'm glad you knew that

I've noticed for some time now that some of the components used by Petromax and AIDA were the same even before the war.

 

Hello Jörg, thank you very much for enlightening us!

 

Please excuse me, everyone, but I made a typo!
It should read:
In 1928, R. Frister AG sold Hirschhorn AG to the company Ehrich & Graetz.

 

I tried to take a picture, but unfortunately the mark is too faint.

 

@Jan R

Try rubbing white chalk into the scratches, and then using a “black light”.

Tony

 

Unfortunately, this was unsuccessful.