Tilly but what is it

Ok no real idea. Told it's rare. Tilly

 

AL 12 in a rather strange room, take the telly away and it could be 50 years ago

 

You'd have to take the radiator away as well.
Nice lamp.
Try and show some better photos.

 

Looks like an AL21 to me or some derivative

OZZY

 

Al 12 as already identified
Signal lamp and hand lamp as the front rotates.
Rare old beast.

 

Would be nice to see it in daylight.

 

It's not for sale but any idea on value for insurance purposes. My mother is getting a flap on about insurance cover lol

 

See page 51 in Jim Dick's book...

 

Is this Dick's book some sort of help for people who want to identify different lamps?
Perhaps a compilation of some kind?

If so, I doubt that the original poster have it. It's hard to see why he should ask us for help then.

 

Nice find, have you had it long?

 

Looks a lot like this to me?? 1938 Tilley AL 12 Signalling lamp

 

Ha ha. That is my dads lamp. He exhibits the vintage caravan tooo. Small world

 

No we don't have that book

 

Hasn't someone ever told your dad anything about the lamp?

 

Just that it's a Tilly and looks rare. Some people even collectors have ner seen one or could identify it. So I came to the professionals

 

We don't do valuations.
It's rare so a lot of people would like to own it.

 

That's all good, at least we know what it is now.

 

Who said my response was aimed at the original poster? If it had been then I would have quoted something he'd written previously...

 

Don't worry about insurance, nobody would nick something like this unless they had an idea of its value.
The telly would go first.

 

I'm sure Mackburner will be along shortly to give you some sound advice and some better information.

 

Oh yes! a rare old beast of an AL12. Same basic lamp as AL11 but with a rotating disc front to change the colour of the light. These date from around 1937 ish or a tad earlier and are rare as hens teeth. I have never seen one in the flesh and only a picture of one other. Value? Who knows? Problem here is trying to guess what someone might pay. Rare for sure but that does not always translate to high value. Can't give you a number here but for insurance think in terms of a half decent Rolex and I know very well what I paid for one of those last year. ::Neil::

 

"And there's your dinner"