The Tilley EX4 lantern was made and exported in the 's and perhaps the late This XA, in Jason Tyler's collection, is date stamped August ;.
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In terms of fettling, I left the paint alone and just cleaned it with soap and water and then washed the hood the same way. The frame needed some wire wool to remove the worst of the rust flakes but as it stands now, I think it looks pretty good. So, any idea of age so I can tell the owner?
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You must log in or sign up to reply here. Share This Page Tweet. Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Tilley were using only paraffin kerosene as a fuel, and because there were bad associations with the use of petrol, Tilley lamps were used in the UK much more than Coleman and other makes of petrol or spirit lamps from Europe.
By now Tilley were making the fore-runner of their enormously successful Stormlight lantern. In fact, Tilley lamps were to become so popular and widely used that the word Tilley came to be used in England to describe any make of pressure lamp, and the generic use of their name is proof of success.
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By the middle s, adverts were appearing for paraffin bowl fires and ornamental lamps like the Jacobean , a table lamp with a carved wooden column and an elaborate shade. The earliest advert I have for a portable donut style lamp is one from February , although the type may have been in production earlier than this. The donut, or lifebuoy style lamps have their origins in the ceiling lamps from Tilley's hollow wire systems, and there is a clear resemblance between them.
By , the Tilley catalogue contained over 15 domestic designs, plus variants on these designs. There were many other speciality designs, used for example, in railway stations, churches, engineering works, mines, and military applications. This large single mantle lamp was known as the SL1 searchlight projector.
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It had a A three mantle version was also produced. Tilley even made a large donut lamp for use on the jib of a crane.
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This was the OL53 with a 20 inch white enamelled reflector. It was suspended from a large spring to prevent vibration reaching the mantle.
There are some strange lamps around which clearly are Tilley items, but for which no documentation has been found. The most interesting perhaps are the searchlight, nicknamed Big Bertha , owned by Stuart Barclay in Australia, and the counterbalance lamp of Roger Price in England.. For a short while after the war the licence was revoked, and production of Tilleys was continued, whether or not with their approval I don't know, in Sydney and Melbourne, with the lamps marketed under the Kayen name.
By Tilley were again importing to Australia. After the war, production continued in much the same way, except that as electricity became available in the UK in more and more towns and villages, there was less demand for indoor lamps and ornamental lamps.
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The stormlight was well established by then, and soon became the most popular product in the range. At the same time there were several fatalities caused by carbon monoxide poisoning produced by paraffin heaters used in rooms with an inadequate supply of fresh air. Paraffin as a heat source suddenly became unpopular, and the paraffin heater market collapsed.
Tilley concentrated on the X , which survived, even though its principle of operation was the same as the heater. There were many improvements to the some might argue otherwise, as cost cutting is evident in later variants , The threaded support legs disappeared in favour of a spotwelded construction, and the brass pump gave way to a lighter aluminium version.
Finished in polished brass and laquer.
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