Help with identifying the Awesome Lantern

This belongs to a friend of mine. He thinks it is Polish. Would love to know a bit more about it. So If anyone can shed some light that would be great.....oh and despite its look it is actually a Wilkie!!! I know David LOOOOVES Wick lanterns!!

 

It's very well made, probably a maritime lamp of some kind

 

Yeah. I was thinking Navy

 

I have no clue whom made it but it's quite an awesome looking lamp.

Put some arms and legs on it and it would look comfortable an a 50's Sci-Fi flick.

 

A bedside lamp for ' Ming the merciless' ?

 

David Wilkie? - the swimmer? I didn't realise he was a lampie. Well I never...


P.S. I think it's actually a 'Minion' lantern...

 

That modell/serial plate unreadable? Looks almost like a bomb

But the clamp/screw design looks like maritime..

 

David you look so different . . .

 

My guess would be that it's some kind of miners lamp...

 

Gneiss, I can't see anything that would slow the flame front so I doubt it's a mining (flame safety) lamp. It is pretty heavy duty though!

 

If you look through the middle hole in the top there is at least another layer in there...

 

Didn't you know David. David Wilkie used to swim by lantern light.....

I didn't think of a miners lamp...could be. I'm going to try and get some more detail photos

 

Looks a bit heavy for a miners lamp. Some were carbide (open flame) where no 'firedamp' or methane was present. Some Scottish pits were like that, but most latterly battery powered - and mostly worn on the head.

That beast does have a maritime look about it. Anchor lights were 360° lights and mostly oil wick lamps, but that one doesn't look like it would ride a mast securely - so something else maybe.

Military - railway? It looks big - light-house?

 

Ask at the Q&A page of the Guild. I'm not sure if the address is www.lampguild.org but you can check it on the links section on this page.
Very nice lanter, by the way.
Juan

 

Thanks I'll check it out

 

Here's a shot of the label I can make out what is possibly a date. Either 1980 or 1950 or its just a numbering system. And possibly makers name FAMO.....something something

 

Definitely "Made in Poland"...

And looking at the letter spacing and the rectangle for the logo, it may fit only one letter, such as FAMOS...

 

Yeah, well-done, Tony. Definitely 'FAMOS' - they made Wilkie-crap lanterns...

 

Here is a picture of a document detailing the logo to..

http://img.nauticexpo.de/pdf/repository_ne/30997/grodzie-i-szalunki-9418_2b.jpg

 

Damn good work Tony and thanks to you as well Fjellot.

If you all agree wickies are now referred to as Wilkie's hahaha, thanks David

 

I think it would be fair to say that this is a maratime lamp...