Can Anyone Identify This Flame Safety Lamp?
I am looking for some information about the above lamp. It
once belonged to a man who had lived in Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
all his life. So I am assuming that it originated from around that area.
It has the style of a Johnson Clapham & Morris deflector
lamp, but as you can see, it hasn't got (and doesn't look as though it has
ever had) a deflector ring around the gauze. The lamp stands approximately
20cm high (Just under 8") excluding its hook.
The lamp's base will no longer unscrew as it seems to be
clogged up with muck and Brasso !
Any information
about this lamp would be most appreciated. Also, has anyone any tips on how I
might remove the base?
Submitted By : Ian
Hebson.
Date: February 2004.
REPLY No.1
I believe this is a Johnson, Clapham & Morris lamp from the 1980s/90s. There
is normally a heavily embossed makers name on the top plate but the one on
yours could have been filed off for some reason? The lamp's small size may
denote that it was a deputy's. These lamps were made in Manchester, Liverpool
and Birmingham. The company that made them were later taken over by the famous
Protector Lamp & Lighting Company of Eccles, Manchester.
To open the lamp
try unscrewing the nut (if you haven't already) in the locking mechanism and
then rotate upper half while the base is clamped in a vice.
Submitted By : Dave Harker.
Date: February 2004.
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