I am posting this incomplete Australian-made Gloria 379 as there is currently only one (my other one) in the Reference Gallery. The complete Gloria 379, and more detailed description, is here: Gloria 379 Lantern (Made in Australia; circa 1937) This lantern has a different wheel on the fuel control spindle (middle) than my other Gloria 379 - Gloria in Australia were fairly relaxed about what parts they put on various lamps - which is one of the reasons they are very difficult to ascribe a model to sometimes. Note also the pricker control. It is operated by the bend in the end of the wire only, not by a brass or steel disc with a pip on it. The Kynoch I posted here had the same set up, although at the moment it is running with a standard Nulite pricker mechanism. The cast control block is marked F, as is my other Gloria 379. As this lantern is incomplete, the pump is being used on this Gloria Table Lamp for the time being. Cheers Tony
@Tony Press Handsome lantern Tony, partial or not. Looking at that and your ‘complete’ lantern post I recognise the controllable air intake, drawing pressurised air from the airspace above the fuel through a small screw-in jet. Atomising fuel for start-up. Similar arrangement to Prentice Wabers stoves and the Villiers Mar-Vil and Inferno stoves modelled on them. John
Well spotted, John. That same arrangement is on some other models of Australian-made Gloria lamps and lanterns, but a similar arrangement can be found on this Gloria stove. Cheers Tony @presscall
