L.339

Another classic German glass lamp with a painted Vesta shade, very similar to lamp L.053. The difference here is that a font of blue glass is used. These glass lamps belong to the very often produced glass lamps, so they are not special at all. But the combination of the intensely coloured glass font with the white opal glass of the base has a special attraction every time. This lamp is also likely to have been made around 1900-1910.

The wick knob of the high-quality Stübgen burner had been covered with solder, (probably to cover the image of the bat?). I have sanded off most of the solder coating.

When you let the lamp burn, you notice the advantages of a smaller Kosmos burner in combination with the correspondingly small Vesta shade: the flame illuminates the shade very well and spreads a nice light without using too much kerosene/paraffin.

Lamp Data

Added by me:
Glass chimney and Vesta shade.

Cleaning and repairs:
Repairs were not necessary.

Lamp body:
Base of white opal glass, profiled, mould-blown, with tear-off hole at the bottom, Ø 149 mm.
Font of transparent blue glass, mould-blown, Ø 136 mm.

Burner:
10’’’ Kosmos burner of Stübgen, Erfurt, soldered to the shade holder.
Wick knob marked: Bat logo of Stübgen.
Wick knob ring marked: D.R.Patent.
Flat wick 49 mm.

Glass chimney:
10’’’ Kosmos chimney. Height 243 mm, Ø fitter 39 mm.
Marked: Qualitäts-Marke - "FF" Glas Düsseldorf - 10'''.

Shade and shade holder:
Vesta shade, white milk glass, painted with swallow and flowers, upper rim fluted and frilled in skirt shape.
Height 175 mm, Ø fitter 187 and bulge 208 mm.
190 mm shade holder for 10’’’ burners, soldered to the burner.

Lamp dimensions:
Height up to collar 25.7 cm, total height with chimney 53.8 cm.
Total weight 1530 g.