L.208

I was immediately fascinated by this elegant glass lamp because it had one of those extremely rare hand-painted tulip shades (probably German-made) that are now hard to find. To be honest, I bought the lamp because of this tulip shade. Since the eBay photos were simply taken from above at a very oblique angle, I thought that the seemingly huge size of the tulip was simply due to the parallax.

But then I realised that the tulip shade is actually very large. At 24.5 cm height, it is clearly a tulip shade for large hanging lamps. It is actually very oversized for the lamp. Therefore, this tulip shade went to a large column lamp (L.119), because there it is correctly sized. This lamp got a smaller tulip shade from France.

It is interesting that the glass font cannot simply be removed. It is somehow firmly placed in the vase. But the painting of the vase and the font are properly coordinated. They are painted with flowers at the front and at the back.

The burner is a W&W burner, made for Stübgen. The wick knob logo is the bat, probably one of the first designs; for this logo is not seen in the known logo collections. The back of the wick knob, however, has no decorative cord from W&W. I supplemented the missing chimney with a chimney from Switzerland.

Lamp Data

Added by me:
Glass chimney and tulip shade.

Cleaning and repairs:
Not necessary.

Lamp body:
Entire lamp consists of mould-blown milk glass, with tear-off hole at the bottom. Base Ø 144 mm. Base and top of the font are painted with a light grey-green colour; vase rim is also decorated with white dots on a light blue background.
Vase with painted flowers at the front and back, Ø 131 mm.
Font also of mould-blown glass, painted to match the vase, Ø 146 mm. The font is fixed in the vase; it cannot be removed.

Burner:
14’’’ Kosmos burner of Wild & Wessel, Berlin, for Stübgen, Erfurt.
Wick knob marked: Logo of Stübgen (bat).
Wick tube marked: Patent Breveté SGDG.
Flat wick 68 mm.

Glass chimney:
14’’’ Kosmos chimney. Height 266 mm, Ø fitter 51 mm.
Marked: Cristal - Verband Ortschweil Landw. Genossenschaften - 51 m/m + woman with Swiss coat of arms in front of ears of corn.

Shade and shade holder:
Tulip shade, colourless glass, frosted, embossed, flat-transparent peacock motif (4-fold), flat top rim.
Height 187 mm, Ø fitter 83 and bulge 164 mm.
85 mm globe holder for 14’’’/15’’’ burners, original by Wild & Wessel.

Lamp dimensions:
Height up to collar 32.0 cm, total height with chimney 62.3 cm.
Total weight 2280 g.