I have got an ad from 1896 confirming the Gebrüder A.&O. Huff company as the maker of this lamp. Thanks to Anton Kaim and Jörg Wekenmann. /Conny...
Sorry Tony..... but this looks like a cobbled together Franken Gloria lamp. The part that attaches the burner cowl to the stem and the screw part...
Tony, I have a handful of these Gloria generators from US lamps. No one has that kind of stamping. Probably only on Aussie Gloria lamps. I have...
Thanks Michel, That American old timer lamp powered by a French Succés tank. For me the combo old American lamp/old French hollow wire tank...
Thanks Jeff! I used my small Succés hollow wire tank. Perfect for lighting tries of hollow wire lamps! /Conny [ATTACH]
Hi all, This is a ca 1905 hollow wire lamp "The Pitner Light" from the Pitner Lighting System, made by the Pitner Gasoline Lighting Co. Marion...
The Santa Christmas snowball was coming early this year, but here´s mine to you……… /Conny [ATTACH]
Hi all, An American collector Jon H. kindly sent me parts for an Arc lamp and only wanted a jet and cleaning needles for a Primus 1020 in return...
Nice one you have there Matt. I love that shade ! /Conny
Fantastic lamp Michel and ´bon travail´:thumbup::D /Conny
@David Shouksmith OK David, point taken, joke. But funny:-k)? /Conny
@Derek @WimVe @KAB @Matty @David Shouksmith @Tony Press @JEFF JOHNSON Well........... I started out restoring all sort of liquid fuelled...
Thanks Bo, I know you have a couple of nice French lamps yourself. Not to mention your big and stunning collection of French stoves, second to...
Thanks Jeff, Attached you find an image with a selection of Succés brand gas pressure appliances. Note the stove is not mine, but an image from...
Hi all, Here is the Succes " Col de Cygne" table lamp by the French company Guenet & Abbat, from mid to late 20,s. The lamp is equipped with the...
Nice hollow wire tank, and it looks to be in a very good condition. As you see on the top filler plug, it is made of the French company Liotard...
Thanks Guys, Yes, that "japanned" finish is very nice looking and was used in the very early Arc type lamps as well of the gravity fed dittos, in...
Hi all, Here's an unmarked table lamp most likely manufactured by Windhorst & Co. ( St. Louis) or Sun Gas Lamp Co (Kansas City/St. Louis). It...
@Matty Matt, no real burner patents found for that lamp, although I searched EPO and the German Patent Office( DEPATISnet ) I´m most certain...
@Matty Thanks for that information Matt. I found the original 1886 patent and it is not the patent for the torch burner unit, but a general way of...
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