hello all Here is a old lady which costs me an arm and half, but I don't have regrets because whilst dismantling I don't see any working marks. I think this lamp have never been filled and lighted. This is a Yakel lamp n° 180 (brand Succès) from Guenet & Abbat, Rue du Pont aux Choux, Paris. I can date the production from 1928 to ??. The lamp have been patented in décember 1925 and it appears in a 1926 catalog but with the old kind of pump. By cons in a 1928 catalogue I just bought, the lamp is fitted with the classical inside pump. the burner is simple, but this seems not to be the case of the needle cleaning system (patent from 1921)
You always find impressive lamps Michel and here is one more to be saved by you - Welldone I really like you also catch up the paperwork when possible - a thing I find very difficult. This lamps looks like it will clean up well and with you knowledge and access to spareparts I know it has come to the right place Gratulations from here - french lamps are awesome beauties. Claus C
Good catch Michel ! The bottom part with the tank and handle looks exactly like the one of my Succes 156 heater. That tank doesn't´t look as the images from the catalogues. Maybe a transition lamp? /Conny
Thank you all Conny, the transition seems to be from 1927 or 1928. As soon as i'll received the entire catalogue, i'll show you the picture. Before this date, you have rounded founts (and external pumps) and after you have this kind of fount, like your heater with angles and internal pumps. I must add that lamp is considered to run with gasoline as well as with kerosene
Nice one again ! Looks as if the pump was an extra feature ? Or your lamp is not exact the one from the catalogue. That one has the small hand pump on top.
Hi all the lamp is cleaned and reassembled. 'thumb' the burner is quite simple in his conception, but the cleaning needle system is a marvel of technology. If you rock the red lever from the top to down (or from down to the top) , the small brass rod immediatly push the needle in the jet. the needle goes out in the same movement and that is done in half a second. the lamp isn't stopped at all. her is the complet burner
Wim I received the 1928 catalogue her is the lamp with the inside pump. Neil tell me the Yakel is no more in the 1932 catalogue therefore 1927/28 to 1931.
No problem to light the lamp. As the catalogue says the lamp can run with both gasoline or kerosene, I made a mix 50/50. This lamp have many original ideas : first : the burner can be disconnected from the lamp very easily only in unscrewing the upper nut. The fact to screw the nut allow in fixing the burner. Then it is easy to work on the jet, for exemple. second : the pump is very unusual. The manufacturer claims, this pump cannot inflate above to 800 gr (by security). I must say I don't understand how he obtains this result. There is a small round iron ball in the pump's tube. this allows the air to enter through the small hole when you pull the pump. I guess the ball will prevent the air to go out when you push the pump, but ... for the rest of the technic, I am still wondering.
Hello all I am looking for the best shade to fit on What do you think of this one ? I think I prefer because the round opal globes "eats" much light
The last shown globe Michel fits the lamp very well and looks not so much like a "lightbulb". Its just a awesome romantic gauzily made. Very french in the best way. Thanks for sharing. Claus C
Hi Claus sorry I don't understand "gauzily", but i agree with you this one looks better. I, more and more, think the glasses are very important for the "romantic style". I am almost daily looking for those globes and shades for improve the lamps. In Paris, in the 20/30's, there was a specialised production in this trade with a lot of models.
