Hi all, Here's another restored American old-timer ; the Knight Light Co. table lamp. Probably 300/400 CP and made around 1910. I can't find this lamp in any known paperwork, but Neil has one identical shown on Terry's site, unknown origin but designated to (Nulite) National Stamping & Electric Works/Solar Light Co. This may be right as the same lamps back in the days sometimes were sold by different light companies, branded with each company logo. This lamp is equipped with and overhead generator and with an outside cowl open air jet, a mixing tube opening from the cowl surface. This type of burner can also be seen on the contemporary Best Light Co. lamps. It came in pretty good condition but without a functional generator/jet and it was missing the cleaning needle unit. I was lucky to have these parts generously donated to me by Erwin Schaefer (The ColeMan), who had a copy of his own of this lamp, but with a rotten un-restorable cracked fount. Thanks a lot Erwin !! After a good clean up, a new cleaning needle attached and a generator restoration, I fired her up and ......no problem, and the result can be seen here. /Conny .............and the "before" shot..........
Congratulation with a very fine and neat lamp Conny. Its a fine work you made. The lamp has some funny solutions and beside its pleasing look then it also looks well-engineered without much copying from other lamps. Claus C
I have seen a few of these but never before with a name plate. Mine has no markings for sure. I always was a little worried about the Nulite designation because it does not appear in any of their catalogues and I now suspect this was actually a Gloria or Knight made product. Knight mostly sold Gloria stuff or maybe it was the other way round but either way I am not aware they ever sold any other makes of lamp. So I think I must correct the info on this and give it to Knight. Nice lamp. ::Neil::
Claus - The very early pressure lamps were full of odd and intresting technical solutions for making a burner produce the Bunsen flame necessary to light the mantle. The "open air" overhead burner type was first used on the early gravity and "Arc" type lamps. It was later developed into smaller overhead burner units to fit the "modern" look of lamps, that consisted of a tank, handle, fuel feed tube and burner head with an inverted mantle. A typical transition lamp is the Tures No. 24 G Portable Lamp 37144[/ATTACH]
Looks about right to me. Production often did not exactly copy patent drawings. A Doran Patent for this burner type has to mean the lamp was Gloria made. Hard call though because Knight and Gloria were pretty closely linked and I am still not sure exacly who made what. I tend to assume Gloria made them and Knight sold them but the lamps may have been made by both. ::Neil::
A very very very nice lamp & top quality restoration 8) Superb info as always Neil 8) Why can't i find anything like this to play with , Still hope springs eternal Stu
@Chokoon Well I have seen a couple of examples of this Knight Light Co. One Mantle Reading Lamp. Here are my two Knight Light Co. "Reading Lamps"; the One and Two Mantle versions! /Conny
@Conny C "Hi Conny, I’m looking at this Knight Light Reading Lamp. The seller is asking for a high price, but I noticed some discrepancies in the air tube assembly. Could you please take a look at these photos and let me know if the parts are complete and original? Also, there’s no branding on the bottom of the fount—is that normal for this model? Thanks for your help!"
@Chokoon From what I can see is the burner complete, The horizontal air tube is shielded by the canopy so I cant say for 100%. The burner unit should look like the attached photo when assembled together. The font is unmarked and that is one of the reasons why this lamp was first supposed to me an AGM lamp. /Conny
