L.231

A finely painted lamp made of alabaster glass in the shape of a goblet from the Classicism period! Date of origin probably around 1870-1880.

The lamp has an elegant, conical goblet shape of mould-blown glass, is correspondingly high and has no break-off hole at the bottom. It is a fine, well-proportioned glassblower's work without any damage. If you look at the painting with the flower garlands and other ornaments, some with very fine lines, it is easy to see that this lamp was made for the upper middle classes.

A nice surprise is the included burner, which has an 8-rayed star as logo, but is clearly a product of Wild & Wessel. The following attributes speak for this: a) The hole pattern of the basket can also be found on other W&W burners; b) the wall of the deflector has a double row of holes (usual for W&W); c) the globe holder with the long recesses is also typical for W&W; d) the globe holder is firmly soldered to the burner, which is often the case with early Kosmos burners by W&W.

Interesting is the fact that the letters B., H., R. and W. can be found on the back of the wick knob (order not clear, probably a dealer?).

Really old German ball or tulip shades from the time of the lamp are extremely rare. The period-matching Moderator ball shades from France have only a small bottom opening, so that they can hardly get over the burner gallery. One must therefore look for substitutes.

Unfortunately, a size-matched German tulip shade with a typical bulbous subdivision has a 70 mm fitter width. As I did not want to remove the original W&W globe holder with 85 mm fitter width, I sawed off an additional 70 mm globe holder accordingly and inserted it into the existing globe holder.

Lamp Data

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

Cleaning and repairs:
No repairs were necessary.

Lamp body:
Base and vase uniform and together of mould-blown alabaster glass in goblet form. Brass ring on the upper rim of the vase. Fine enamel painting with polychrome floral garlands and decorative lines in the style of classicism/historicism. Ø base 145 mm, upper rim of the vase 126 mm. Handwritten under the base and under the font: 3.
Drop-in font made of the same glass, stepped, painted with lines and dots matching the vase. Ø font 146 mm.

Burner:
14’’’ Kosmos burner of Wild & Wessel, Berlin, probably for dealers, soldered to the original globe holder.
Wick knob marked: 8-rayed star. Wick knob back: Letters B.H.R.W. with any order.
Flat wick 70 mm.

Glass chimney:
14’’’ Kosmos chimney. Height 272 mm, Ø fitter 52 mm.
Marked: Logo of Schuster & Baer - 14'''.

Shade and shade holder:
Tulip shade, colourless glass, frosted, flat transparent ornamentation, upper rim with scalloped and angular cut.
Height 185 mm, Ø fitter 69 and bulge 172 mm.
85 mm globe holder for 14’’’/15’’’ burners, original by W&W, soldered to the burner. Additional 70 mm globe holder to centre and stabilise the tulip shade.

Lamp dimensions:
Height up to collar 33.0 cm, total height with chimney 64.0 cm.
Total weight 2610 g.