@levinll Permit me to translate for you from Ship's post in his native 'Ship-Speak':You are speaking a totally different language that me ! LOL
Use the larger of the slotted screws to remove the cap and see if a lamp is still in it or what the socket looks like. Seeing what lamp it used will help some identify the fixture time period. The hammer tone color reference is just the paint on the outside. Like cars and such, the paint job can pinpoint time of manufacture.You are speaking a totally different language that me ! LOL
Thanks for he translation.@levinll Permit me to translate for you from Ship's post in his native 'Ship-Speak':
When Bri' posted: "Knobs would say Century if so, probably the case of Altman #366. Pre-Hammertone Brown. What lamp is it using Medium Pre-Focus? I have the hammertone brown version in collection if photo's are needed to verify. "
I believe he was saying: Your photo could be either of two units, an American Century Strand from the early 1970's OR an Altman from the same vintage.
If he unit was a Century Strand, "Century" or "Century Strand" would've been cast into the handles of the vertical tilt locks.
Since "Century" is NOT cast into the tilt lock knobs, the unit is most likely the Altman and from their pre-Hammertone Brown period.
Next; Bri's asking what lamp and socket is installed within your fixture: He's suggesting a likely lamp and socket would be a Medium Pre-Focus based lamp in a Medium Pre-Focus socket. (In my memory; possibly a 750T12/9 or even a 1MT12/9) This lamp and socket would've been common to either / both the Altmans and Century Strands of the era.
Bri's adding: He has the same Altman unit in their Hammertone Brown finish in his museum collection IF you need photos of his known fixture to aid in your identification / verification.
Ship-speak's fairly easy to translate given sufficient years of exposure.
Toodleoo!
Ron (Posting from north of Donald's walls) Hebbard
Is pre-Hammertone Brown a color ?Thanks for he translation.
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