Vintage Lighting Finally got a Magic Lantern

[ship]

It's front is in remarkably great shape. It's rear in apparently being Acetylene gas, (which explains the gas valve Stage Right for the c.1925 theater) was modified for incandescent lamp early on in a huge way. J.B. Colt & Co. Pattent April 4 1893... Not sure what to do with this lamp/gas head fixture given it's basically too much bastardized with half broken silver braized sheet metal plates holding it together. (This fixture is for the client in restoring.) Lots more phots... but overall, the fixture head isn't recognizable for what it was. How to restore at this point given origional parts are mostly gone...

 

[Dionysus]

Yeah without finding another to cannibalize, or at least accurate drawings and/or photos of the original with which to find or make facsimiles not sure how you'd fully restore it. Machining parts from scratch is not cheap but certainly possible. But you can't do it without a reference.

 

[BillConnerFASTC]

Very cool none the less!

 

[ship]

Gas fittings are easy, Grand Brass still supplies them... The fixture itself is a mess - looks like they cut off the entire bottom of it. I did find photos similar to it I'll base it on... Will take my time with it. thanks. Too bad it has to go back to the client once done.