Vintage ALADDIN Lincoln Drape ALACITE Lamp Crows Feet Base
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This is a tall, Lincoln drape, alacite Aladdin oil lamp. Please note the angle of the filler cap which indicates that this an old Aladdin lamp. 10" tall to top of alacite. Crows feet pattern on base. Very pale pink tint (see below). Needs to be cleaned/polished. Dirt in crevices. No wick is present and knob does not turn. IMPORTANT:
see last picture which show hairline crack
. "Tall Lincoln drape lamps were sold for 10 years in the 1940's. They have been found in clear, Alacite, cobalt blue and red. There are numerous variations in foot pattern and height. It would be difficult to tell a reproduction just on the foot pattern alone. The best diagnostic I know of is the filler cap. Original lamps have a greater angle than reproductions and the bowl top surface is ramped up to meet the angled filler." "Alacite was originally formulated to look like the lamp was made from old Ivory. The original formula for Alacite included uranium oxide as a white pigment. Lamps using the original formula fluoresce when exposed to a black light. Early in WWII uranium became a restricted war material and the formula was changed. The formula was never changed back after WWII. Thus only the first three years of production used uranium oxide. Collectors tend to prize "old formula" lamps over "new formula lamps" once again because there are fewer in existence. Some collectors searching out old formula alacite carry portable black lights with them when they go antiquing." "Alacite Lincoln drape lamps came is a continuous spectrum of near white so you cannot reliably tell pre WWII lamps from post WWII lamps without a black light. Though ones that look "old ivory" are more likely to be old formula and those that are pure white are likely to be new formula. The Aladdin glass works only had a single glass pot to draw molten glass from to form the lamps. So they only made a single colour of lamp each day. Then the next day they would put in glass of a different colour into the pot without cleaning any remaining glass from the previous day's work. This means some Alacite lamps have a pink tint, some have a amber tint and so on." Good pictures reflect condition more accurately than descriptive words, but I will ALWAYS detail any condition issues in my written description. Please pardon the reflections in my pictures! Thank you! Please visit my Pricetronic store. Cindy If you are buying more than one item from me, please place purchases in your cart and wait for a combined invoice before you pay. Thanks! Big enough to serve - small enough to care !We are not experts on everything we sell.
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see last picture which show hairline crack
. "Tall Lincoln drape lamps were sold for 10 years in the 1940's. They have been found in clear, Alacite, cobalt blue and red. There are numerous variations in foot pattern and height. It would be difficult to tell a reproduction just on the foot pattern alone. The best diagnostic I know of is the filler cap. Original lamps have a greater angle than reproductions and the bowl top surface is ramped up to meet the angled filler." "Alacite was originally formulated to look like the lamp was made from old Ivory. The original formula for Alacite included uranium oxide as a white pigment. Lamps using the original formula fluoresce when exposed to a black light. Early in WWII uranium became a restricted war material and the formula was changed. The formula was never changed back after WWII. Thus only the first three years of production used uranium oxide. Collectors tend to prize "old formula" lamps over "new formula lamps" once again because there are fewer in existence. Some collectors searching out old formula alacite carry portable black lights with them when they go antiquing." "Alacite Lincoln drape lamps came is a continuous spectrum of near white so you cannot reliably tell pre WWII lamps from post WWII lamps without a black light. Though ones that look "old ivory" are more likely to be old formula and those that are pure white are likely to be new formula. The Aladdin glass works only had a single glass pot to draw molten glass from to form the lamps. So they only made a single colour of lamp each day. Then the next day they would put in glass of a different colour into the pot without cleaning any remaining glass from the previous day's work. This means some Alacite lamps have a pink tint, some have a amber tint and so on." Good pictures reflect condition more accurately than descriptive words, but I will ALWAYS detail any condition issues in my written description. Please pardon the reflections in my pictures! Thank you! Please visit my Pricetronic store. Cindy If you are buying more than one item from me, please place purchases in your cart and wait for a combined invoice before you pay. Thanks! Big enough to serve - small enough to care !
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