L.181

A rather plain glass lamp with a very charming combination of two different colours: The foot part is opaque white, rather alabaster-coloured; and the font, in contrast, is made of transparent glass in cranberry colour.

This glass font is exactly the reason why I count this lamp among the Austrian lamps. It is exactly the glass font with the conical, faceted cut wall, which can be seen very often at the lamps by R. Ditmar. I also have several lamps with this font in different sizes, but always made of colourless glass. The burner that comes with the lamp is also by Ditmar. However, what prevented me from immediately dubbing this lamp as a lamp by R. Ditmar is the fact that the same font was also often used by Lámpa-Gyár in Budapest. The lamp could therefore come from these two producers. However, it does not appear in any catalogue. I simply leave it in the collection as an Austrian lamp.

The base/column combination is already unusual, because unlike other glass lamps, which have round, multi-stepped shapes, here it is vertically ribbed. On the column is a transition piece of colourless, transparent glass.

The font itself is in cranberry colour (darker pink or raspberry red), faceted cut and stepped. The perfectly matching tulip shade came from France. Unfortunately, it does not go over the wide bulge of the Vienna chimney; but I put up with that because the colours match very well.

The flat burner is from R. Ditmar. I bought the matching, marked Vienna chimney later. The result is a simple but classically beautiful lamp with a very attractive colour.

Lamp Data

Added by me:
Glass chimney, tulip shade and globe holder.

Cleaning and repairs:
Not necessary.

Lamp body:
Base and column of opaque, alabaster coloured mould-blown glass, base stepped, column vertically ribbed. Base Ø 154 mm. Connection from column to font of colourless transparent glass. Tear-off hole under the foot.
Font of cranberry-red transparent glass, top and bottom stepped, the wall faceted cut, Ø 132 mm.

Burner:
11’’’ Vienna flat burner of R. Ditmar, Vienna.
Wick knob marked: R. Ditmar Wien (logo of R. Ditmar).
Flat wick 24 mm.

Glass chimney:
11’’’ Vienna chimney. Height 247 mm, Ø fitter 50 mm.
Marked: Cristal de Roche + eagle and globe.

Shade and shade holder:
Tulip shade, frosted glass, cranberry on top, almost colourless at the bottom, flat transparent floral motifs, upper rim fluted and frilled.
Height 144 mm, Ø fitter 65 and top rim 190 mm.
70 mm globe holder for 11’’’ flat burners.

Lamp dimensions:
Height up to collar 25.8 cm, total height with chimney 52.7 cm.
Total weight 1710 g.