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Title: 19" glass lamp ALCo
Post by: gortagammon on February 22, 2011, 10:56:15 PM

I wonder if anyone out there can help me with this beauty,

19" high overall 11" at the widest diamond moulded dark cranberry/ruby glass shade on the shade is ALCo English made and on the oil burner it says Shaws Patent Brunel


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Title: Re: 19" glass lamp ALCo
Post by: heartofsklo on February 23, 2011, 12:02:30 AM

The photo is way too large.....Like my hat  :hat:

The only Shaws patent I can find on the net is for "cats eyes" in the middle of the road.

Title: Re: 19" glass lamp ALCo
Post by: gortagammon on February 23, 2011, 05:42:34 PM

yep thats as far as I got with the base then just a brick wall. Same with the shade I found nothing that seemed to fit
I dont know if its "ALCO" or "AL Co"

Title: Re: 19" glass lamp ALCo
Post by: gortagammon on February 23, 2011, 05:44:22 PM

And what a fine Hat it is  8)  :thup:

Title: Re: 19" glass lamp ALCo
Post by: Anne on February 23, 2011, 06:13:38 PM

There was an 1898 patent GB189806224 filed by a Edward John Shaw for "Improvements in and relating to the Construction of Oil Lamps" so I wonder if that's the Shaw it referred to? Was yours made as an electric lamp or has it been converted from oil to electricity?

http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=GB&NR=189806224A&KC=A&FT=D&date=18980416&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_V3#

Title: Re: 19" glass lamp ALCo
Post by: gortagammon on February 23, 2011, 07:05:39 PM

It was converted from oil to electric I was told the base was a pew warmer for church and it was converted into a lamp , there were more originally but they have gone around the family.
It seemed a lot of work to me as surely they wouldn`t have had glass shades originally so they would  have been made specially ???