Parkervacumatic Lamp Desk Base

[macquid]

Does anybody else here have a Parker Vac lamp desk base like this one, or know somebody who does?

 

I'm trying to determine whether the white color on the lamp's support arm is the original color...

 

It looks like original baked enamel, no brush marks, etc. But the white is like you'd find on a kitchen stove or fridge from the time period, "kinda feels" like it should be copper or black in color...

[algabatz]

Does anybody else here have a Parker Vac lamp desk base like this one, or know somebody who does?

 

I'm trying to determine whether the white color on the lamp's support arm is the original color...

 

It looks like original baked enamel, no brush marks, etc. But the white is like you'd find on a kitchen stove or fridge from the time period, "kinda feels" like it should be copper or black in color...

 

I saw it on the bay, but I had just bought the one below, and couldn't really justify two!

I have never seen that particular model before. Mine has definitely been repainted:

http://parkercollector.com/bilder/lamp.jpg

 

 

...as one can see comparing it to Mr Rick Propas' lamp:

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Cg39F8OH8W4/SFArex2seTI/AAAAAAAAAAs/JUHHaaPIU9A/s320/DSCN1387.jpg

 

 

And Mr Ron Ricketts lamp:

 

http://topazgold.com/ronspens/pen%20lamp.jpg

 

 

And Mr Tsachi Mitsenmacher's:

 

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd154/tsachi-m/IMG_0229.jpg

 

 

Or the one current for sale on eBay (missing a panel):

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/...em=360269688811

 

... and another one:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320547047008

 

I can't tell how this helps, but at least my guess is that Your's is the more uncommon one :-)

 

 

/Tony

Edited June 12, 2010 by algabatz

[twopens]

That base is shown in the 1938 and 1939 catalogs. That section is in B&W, but it appears to be a light color in the '39.

 

Thumbnails from Bill Acker's download page: http://billspens.com/billsreprints/shopsitepages/parker1939catalogdl.htm

[macquid]

@ Tony/Vintage: Your (beautiful) Parker lamp was a "for professional use" point of sale display item, rather than a consumer market item like my Vac desk base lamp was. Though, as can be seen in the photos you attached, it does very well as a personal desk lamp too :-)

 

BTW, I have a further variant of the shop counter-top lamp similar to yours, and attach a photo below...

Edited June 12, 2010 by macquid

[algabatz]

@ Tony/Vintage: Your (beautiful) Parker lamp was a "for professional use" point of sale display item, rather than a consumer market item like my Vac desk base lamp was. Though, as can be seen in the photos you attached, it does very well as a personal desk lamp too :-)

 

BTW, I have a further variant of the shop counter-top lamp similar to yours, and attach a photo below...

 

Beautiful!

 

/T

[georges zaslavsky]

very nice memorablia

[twopens]

BTW, I have a further variant of the shop counter-top lamp similar to yours, and attach a photo below...

 

Would you able to add a photo showing the wording on the tab at the rear of the brass cover/bottle hold-down? ("Flush pen in water before filling" with a white arrow pointing to the right?) I recently purchased a Parker lamp that uses the same walnut/brass base, but has a painted shade instead of brass. The brass on the base looks to be blackened with the wording painted on like yours, but the entire lamp has 6 or 7 coats of paint and I'm pretty sure I'll to restore/redo all the wording.

 

Thanks,

 

Matt

Edited August 17, 2011 by twopens

[ANM]

Does anybody else here have a Parker Vac lamp desk base like this one, or know somebody who does?

 

I'm trying to determine whether the white color on the lamp's support arm is the original color...

 

It looks like original baked enamel, no brush marks, etc. But the white is like you'd find on a kitchen stove or fridge from the time period, "kinda feels" like it should be copper or black in color...

 

 

 

 

 

 

That it's chipped or worn down to bare metal in places tends to indicate (to me anyway) that the color is original. It is a beautiful lamp. The cord appears to have been replaced though. I don't think that is a negative in any way.

 

I think I have a desk pen and holder that looks like that one (not the lamp, just a base with trumpet and pen) but mine isn't a vac, it's a duofold.

Edited August 16, 2011 by ANM

[joe120]

Hi Macquid: Regarding your Parker Vac lamp with pen holder, I have an example in my collection. Everything is identical, including the cream colored arm with base. Joe Nemecek

[Ernst Bitterman]

Just for comfirmation's sake: beside the monochrome image of that very set in the '38 catalogue, it says "Walnut Base. Metal Shade and Ivory Finish." $12.50 with a Challenger, $15.00 with a Junior Vac, $17.50 with the Major Vac, and it looks like you've got the Sealomatic bowl, too.