Wow! that's clearly a Century shape and color to it -
axial lamp cap to it? Didn't know Century got that far before
Strand bought them out. When did
strand buy them out anyway? I forget. Not sure what's going on up front for the
fixture though as a note.
Shutters seem familar to another brand. Don't want to say
Colortran but it's something from our 70's inventory I now manage in seeing the odd shape of shutters without a match. Assuming the
axial Leko came out in say 1974, I would date it to about than and the
Strand buyout after that. This is probably Century's last
Leko and a
very rare Leko.
Only Century
Leko of the size I have in collection is the monumental radial version #1590 43°
Leko, c. 1947-1963 which set the standard I think for all other radial Lekos to follow and improve on. This beyond my cross cannons of #1560 8x10
Leko Light c. 1948. Plus a 1954-1959 #1577 I forgot about. All were very insane and dangerous to
bench focus. Different
lamp cap on what you show would be in taking end user
safety into account no doubt.
What type of lamp is it using or what
socket does it have? Could be earlier if using a dual ended
RSC lamp instead of G-9.5 lamp or P-28s lamp. Such details in say 1964 era verses
etc. how to date the
fixture. If P-28s, perhaps in the mid-range as a concept between the above dates in clearly a
Halogen fixture but what type of lamp it's using will further date it.
(
RSC - dual ended meaning R-7s, verses in local terms the G-9.5 meaning medium
bi-pin, verses the P-28s meaning medium
pre-focus in defining terms. Theoretically possible that once the P-28s went
halogen, someone made an
axial Leko out of it as a possibility - this amongst two sizes of the lamp type. Very possible I think that before the
axial halogen G-9.5 came out, someone did the
axial halogen P-28s
Leko and this might possibly be that case in making a
axial Leko older than the above
Altman date.)
More photos inside the
lamp cap and if lamp that type for dating and defining. (Have not checked the
Photometrics Handbook either.)
And on this if you want a for free service
call in re-wiring and cleaning it back to factory speck and beyond - it so I can also learn from it... contact me off
line. Have never seen such a
fixture and would obvously love to add it to the museum. But the chance to see it in detail in stripping it apart and cleaning each part, than learn from it would if nothing else be something in sharing the experience.
Again, you were photoing a very historic piece of lighting gear I think that very few if anybody has. A black hole type of light probably without much info about it anywhere.