L.184

This lamp by R. Ditmar is not an extraordinary lamp in itself. Zinc casting from the Historism period, combined with a glass font and a Ditmar burner. The base consists of a simple, thin slate plate. Probably made around 1875-1880.

The base of the lamp is shown in the Ditmar catalogue 1897, as lamp 6177; but there with a different, faceted cut font. The font on this lamp is also shown as no. 7083, so the combination is completely by Ditmar. The font here is partly strangely matt white on the inside, as if it had been etched in some way. My efforts to clean it (also with lime remover) were not successful.

Sometime later I was able to complete the lamp almost entirely with two more Ditmar parts: The Paris shade and the globe holder came from Austria with other Ditmar parts.

Lamp Data

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

Cleaning and repairs:
Slate base sanded and rubbed with furniture wax incl. carbon powder. Zinc cast part primed with shoe polish and bronzed.

Lamp body:
Base of thin slate, Ø 145 mm.
Foot and column of cast zinc, inside marked with the logo of Ditmar. Foot Ø 135 mm.
Font of colourless transparent glass, optically ribbed inside, screwed in, removable, Ø 137 mm. Font glass partly etched inside, not to be cleaned. Old brass undermount with wide thread, 23,4 mm.

Burner:
15’’’ Jupiter burner of R. Ditmar, Vienna.
Wick knob marked: R. Ditmar Wien (logo of R. Ditmar).
Flat wick 66 mm.

Glass chimney:
14’’’ Kosmos chimney. Height 212 mm, Ø fitter 52 mm.
Marked: 14''' Kristall + A&S in Kreis.

Shade and shade holder:
Paris shade, very probably by R. Ditmar, white milk glass, transparent at the bottom, flat upper rim.
Height 173 mm, Ø fitter 92 and bulge 218 mm.
95 mm globe holder for 14’’’/15’’’ burners; original of R. Ditmar.

Lamp dimensions:
Height up to collar 21.1 cm, total height with chimney 46.6 cm.
Total weight 2340 g.