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Post by ken on Jul 30, 2010 6:24:04 GMT -5
I have just bought at an auction an old safety lamp. I believe it to be a Thomas Williams lamp. Athough there are no markings on it I saw an identical one for sale on Ebay which was described as Thomas Williams. It was made in the days before they had glasses fitted, just gauze. I would not liked to have worked with one of those!!
On my search on Google I came across a good display of old lamps on this site but from this site I cannot find it. There was a comment that some of the lamps had been over restored.
As I would like to tidy it up a bit I dont want to devalue it. Any advice about cleaning and preserving the gauze and what would would be considered over restoration
Anyone know when they started to fit glass to safety lamps?
Ken
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Post by John on Jul 30, 2010 16:02:22 GMT -5
I have just bought at an auction an old safety lamp. I believe it to be a Thomas Williams lamp. Athough there are no markings on it I saw an identical one for sale on Ebay which was described as Thomas Williams. It was made in the days before they had glasses fitted, just gauze. I would not liked to have worked with one of those!! On my search on Google I came across a good display of old lamps on this site but from this site I cannot find it. There was a comment that some of the lamps had been over restored. As I would like to tidy it up a bit I dont want to devalue it. Any advice about cleaning and preserving the gauze and what would would be considered over restoration Anyone know when they started to fit glass to safety lamps? Ken Not sure when the glass first appeared Ken, but suspect it was Marsaut who introduced it. I can tell you how the gauzes were cleaned and examined, a round bristled brush is inserted into the gauze and rotated to clean the inside, the outside is brushed to remove any soot particles. The gauze is then examined under a lighted magnifying glass to look for broken wires or holes between the gauzes. Any faulty gauze/s are disposed of. Supposed to be destroyed to prevent accidental re usage. Is the lamp you have a reproduction??? I have a couple of reproduction Williams lamps, one is modeled on an early miners lamp, the other is a ships binnacle lamp. To clean and polish them use Brasso. |
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Post by ken on Jul 30, 2010 18:41:17 GMT -5
I dont think it is a reproduction cosidering how tarnished the brass was. I thought it might have been a very early Thomas and Williams before the started putting their name on them.
What has happened to the post of all the old safety lamps? It was an excelent collention.
Ken
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Post by John on Jul 30, 2010 18:53:48 GMT -5
I dont think it is a reproduction cosidering how tarnished the brass was. I thought it might have been a very early Thomas and Williams before the started putting their name on them. What has happened to the post of all the old safety lamps? It was an excelent collention. Ken I just checked, seems Jim has removed the photos from his Photobucket account where they were linked from. |
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