Michel – You are right about the similarity of the technical principal for the overhead generator/burner used in gravity lamps compared to my...
Hi all, This is my latest restoration. I was very lucky and happy to acquire this odd and rare Tures lamp (The Tures Mfg Co., Milwaukee...
Hi Claus, First of all - congrats you lucky ´sod´, to a fantastic lamp :thumbup: ! Unfired and a mint condition 1920,s lamp is next to impossible...
.........and of course the compulsory moose painted on the shop-window. Why this "moose thing" with the Germans :wink: :) ? /Conny
Hi Michel, This is an odd and very interesting lamp. I would like to see more of the burner with the gallery removed. The only early French...
Hi all, Here’s another Akron lamp, a ca 1920 Akron 102G table lamp. The fount is kind of odd and rare, medium high, and was manufactured during a...
Hi Christer, It seems that winter also has struck the West Coast of Sweden. Nice and neat little lanterns these 930,s, especially in the brass...
Hi Claus, I did solder the tank parts that had cracks. I used a self made alloy of lead and tin 75/25% and that worked just fine. Maybe not the...
Michel, although a very long wire I’m not sure it’s enough :) . Is it possible to pressurize the tank/container? I think you need one of...
Great job Stu! I have a similar Standard-Gillett Light Co.lamp and I can second the opinion of a tricky pricker mechanism. A working lamp is a...
Thanks Mods for the correction. I had problem with uploading and was disconnected several times. Maybe the site has disturbances!? /Conny
Hi all, This is my example of the Akron gasoline fed 106-G “Out-door Wall Hanging Lamp”, probably made around 1923. This lamp has still the old...
Michel, As Neil did I saw this as a number 2 Unic hollow wire lamp. Obviously we were wrong, and as you now show us and claim this to be a Unic...
Neil – the last known Liotard Aine catalogue is from 1922, so maybe Brodier was back in business already in mid to late 20,s with the Unic Lumiere...
Hi, You also need the vent part with holes, you can see on these Unic 9 lamps. [ATTACH] Neil – according to Michel this Unic Lumiere “3 impasse...
Hi, I use a bicycle pump with a threaded adapter. Nice lamp! /Conny
Well Christer …… now you got an Anglo-Saxon nick name from our brother in the west :thumbup: . Well deserved…….(I mean you’re the Scandinavian...
You have a nice lamp there Gunsoo, great work for getting it running. I have a similar Standard-Gillett Light Co.296 lamp with the same burner...
Thanks David, You have to add 10 extra cm as it reaches over 70 cm, and is only equalled by some of the big American oldies in my collection. /Conny
Hi all, Here comes my newest restoration project, a Liotard Aine table lamp. This is a ca 1912-15 Liotard Aine table lamp with a 100 CP gasoline...
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