Parker Lamps
#22
Posted 30 September 2012 - 12:16 AM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/170914673889
Minor damage to the wood in the back, but the paint is pretty decent.
#23
Posted 30 September 2012 - 01:02 AM
You've got one day left to chase this beauty:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/170914673889
Minor damage to the wood in the back, but the paint is pretty decent.
I like the places for the ink bottles, cool integrated design.
#24
Posted 10 January 2013 - 01:31 AM
John Danza
"Positive attitude makes for good decisions, but bad decisions make for great stories."
#27
Posted 10 January 2013 - 06:26 AM
John, if you take the base plate off, you should find that the tubes are held in place with a star lock washer and a thin jam nut. You should also be able to align the square at the base of the tubes.
Thanks Matt. I just looked at the auction photos again and the tubes look aligned, so this must have happened during shipping. So I'm even more optimistic about being able to return it to normal.
John Danza
"Positive attitude makes for good decisions, but bad decisions make for great stories."
#28
Posted 10 January 2013 - 10:35 PM
Edited by matt, 10 January 2013 - 10:45 PM.
#30
Posted 11 January 2013 - 06:18 AM
Here is the only one of these I have seen. The shade and the pole are bothed etched, copper perhaps. It has two streamlined sockets. As you can see it is very dark, and I am loathe to polish it and perhaps ruin the etching. Any thoughts
Do NOT polish it. It looks beautiful with the patina that's on it. It's nice and dark and even.
#32
Posted 11 January 2013 - 06:40 AM
John, where is your on-off switch? Does the base look like the photo in posting #10 above and is the hole on the back where the toggle switch was? Originals were brass & they all seem to be chrome plated today....
Hi Matt,
You can see the switch in the second photo I posted. It's a round switch that turns one way to turn it on or off, but it will turn the opposite direction but does nothing but click lightly, so it's a "one-way" switch.
John Danza
"Positive attitude makes for good decisions, but bad decisions make for great stories."
#34
Posted 11 January 2013 - 08:49 PM
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John, where is your on-off switch? Does the base look like the photo in posting #10 above and is the hole on the back where the toggle switch was? Originals were brass & they all seem to be chrome plated today....
Hi Matt,
You can see the switch in the second photo I posted. It's a round switch that turns one way to turn it on or off, but it will turn the opposite direction but does nothing but click lightly, so it's a "one-way" switch.
The photo I referenced shows a toggle switch on the back of the base where you have a hole. Your switch location is more convenient.
#35
#36
Posted 18 January 2013 - 04:52 AM
For what it's worth I restored my Sheaffer desk lamp but used two strips of ultrabright LED lights because I wanted to use it at my repair bench and be able to dim it. The lamp was trashed when I found it so I knew there was really no point in my historically restoring it. I would post a photo but this is a Parker thread ;-)
--greg
#37
Posted 18 January 2013 - 06:01 PM
Greg, that's a fantastic restoration job! I want to get my hands on a trashed lamp, too, so I can do my own unique restoration.For what it's worth I restored my Sheaffer desk lamp but used two strips of ultrabright LED lights because I wanted to use it at my repair bench and be able to dim it. The lamp was trashed when I found it so I knew there was really no point in my historically restoring it. I would post a photo but this is a Parker thread ;-)
--greg
The bulb on my blue-green lamp is still good, so I'm not particularly worried about a replacement yet, but I appreciate the information on it.
Edited by BrianMcQueen, 18 January 2013 - 06:03 PM.
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