L.159

My wife Maria and I love butterflies. And that is also the simple reason why I bought this lamp, which in itself has no special features, at auction. The majolica vase is hand-painted in beautiful, bright, yet colourful colours, and in the middle of it flaunts a great butterfly!

But the problem was with the font: the original glass font, which was probably broken, had been replaced with a glass jug (probably for coffee cream)! I had to replace it with a real font for kerosene/paraffin lamps. For this I bought the lid of a majolica lamp with the cemented glass font. I sawed off the ceramic lid piece by piece and neatly separated the glass font (see the subchapter Working on Glass, Ceramics and Stones, at Repairs in General Information). I then glued this font into the lid of this lamp with 2-component epoxy filler.

I replaced the supplied, defective Kosmos burner with a 15’’’ flame disc burner from Hugo Schneider. The Vesta shade with its intense turquoise-green colour is certainly unusual for kerosene/paraffin lamps; it was probably made for electric lamps in the second half of the 20th century. My wife and I like it precisely because of this colour and therefore it remains with this lamp.

Lamp Data

Added by me:
Glass font, burner, glass chimney, Vesta shade and shade holder.

Cleaning and repairs:
The glass font of a majolica lamp detached from the lid and cemented into this lamp. The base was sanded down a little and bronzed with brass wax (Laiton).

Lamp body:
Base of ornamentally structured cast zinc, Ø 155 mm, the dull bronze colour renewed with brass wax.
Hand-painted ceramic vase, urn-shaped, Ø 151 mm.
Drop-in glass font of another majolica lamp, Ø 9,5 cm, cemented under the majolica lid of this lamp, Ø 95 mm.

Burner:
15’’’ flame disc burner of Hugo Schneider, Leipzig.
Wick knob marked: Logo of Hugo Schneider. Black glass inlay.
Original flame disc of type hat-on-sieve-tube.
Flat wick 69 mm.

Glass chimney:
15’’’ Matador chimney. Height 262 mm, Ø fitter 52 mm.
Marked: Schutz-Marke - Logo E&G - 15''' Matador - 16''' Salvator - Prima Boheems Glas.

Shade and shade holder:
Vesta shade, white milk glass overlaid in turquoise, flat top edge.
Height 156 mm, Ø fitter 230 and bulge 262 mm.
235 mm shade holder for 14’’’/15’’’ burners.

Lamp dimensions:
Height up to collar 30.2 cm, total height with chimney 60.2 cm.
Total weight 2850 g.