I bought this lantern a couple of weeks ago and I just cleaned it, not ligthed yet. First, because I had no time to revise washers and check valve but also because I suspect that there is a puncture on the tank bottom, visible on the photo. Perhaps that's also the cause of the little use of the lantern: perhaps it leaked and the owner only used to light it as emergency ligth. there is a very, very little wear on the pump knob and tank pressure release but there is a high evidence of a lot of matches on the collar. Nice lantern, but I would like to know when it was manufactured; I'd say before WWII but the seller, present on the only tag, have been seen as Petromax distributor for post WWII. So could this lantern be post WWII? Juan
Looks very nice. Mostly it is safe to assume anything with a fibre control is pre WW2 although it is possible that fibre was used up to about 1946. Not sure if Petromax made any civilian lanterns after about 1940 though and that would make this mid to late 1930s. A rot hole in the base is an easy fix. Near invisible is to drill out and insert a plug from the inside sealed with solder. Visible is to just solder a patch over the hole. ::Neil::
It must be an old one, cause my 882 has the same type of pumpknob. http://0flo.com/index.php?threads/1894 The 882 was only built in the years 1934- 1936
Ok thank you, both. I'll post it on the refference gallery as I know the aprox period of manufacture, but: where? Under German lamps or under Argentina Petromax? You posted an 822 there, Neil. Juan PS: the puncture is on the green spot in this new pic.
I think it goes under Argentina Petromax as we have a galley sub there. You will have to cut out all that green rot. Best way is to drill a big hole and insert a brass plug from the inside and then solder it in. A cut down brass bolt will do so long as you have a flange in the inside to give it mechanical strength. The biggest problem is cleaning the inside of the tank where the solder has to run but if you have a reasonable size hole you can get inside just enough to get the area around the hole bright clean brass. The plug can be ground and polished down to match the base plate and will be near invisible once done. You can also do a seal by inserting a bolt with a rubber washer of course, but you will then see the nut. Easier to do because the tank does not need to be so clean and you can do the job without solder. ::Neil::
Hi Juan, please clean the botom of your lantern. Look at my site so you can see the kind of marks. 11 and 2 ant my Baby 821. http://www.zirkel-im-licht.de/19301.html It indicates november 1922. greetings Petrojan
1922???? Absolutely impossible. Petromax did not make a lantern of any type until 1928 so your Baby is 1932 perhaps but cannot be 1922. Petromax made do nut lamps and table lamps before 1928 but not lanterns. The Preston type ring generator was not patented until 1923 and that was by Aida not Petromax. It was only after 1928 when Petromax took over management of J. Hirschorn that they were able to use that device and incorporate it into a range of lanterns one of which is model 821. ::Neil::
Thank you Petrojan, but I did look at the bottom as soon as I had on my hands and there is nothing there. Juan.
Well, after some weeks I had enough time to work on it. New pricker needle, solved a leak on the pricker knob, a little solder on the bottom (to much work to do the complete work), kerosene and here it is working. I tested it for at least two hours and worked fine without any extra pumping and no odours at all. If you say that this lantern is a marvel, I'll agree with you. Juan
