![]() Have seen to date has a level filler or just a slight tilt. The single best feature I have found to tell an originalįrom a reproduction is the tilt of the filler cap. Soįar the scallop foot version has not been reproduced. This means there are a lot of variations in each. To make the reproductions as well as the Aladdin originals. The clear, ruby and cobalt lamps have been reproducedįor some time and a number of different molds have been used This means some Alacite lamps have a pink tint, some have a amber tint and so on. Then the next day they would put in glass of a different colour into the pot without cleaning any remaining glass from the previous day's work. The Aladdin glass works only had a single glass pot to draw molten glass from to form the lamps. So they only made a single colour of lamp each day. Though ones that look "old ivory" are more likely to be old formula and those that are pure white are likely to be new formula. Some collectors searching out old formula alaciteĬarry portable black lights with them when they go antiquing.Īlacite Lincoln drape lamps came is a continuous spectrum of near white so You can not reliably tell pre WWII lamps from post WWII lamps without a black light. Only the first three years of production used uranium oxide.Ĭollectors tend to prize "old formula" lamps over "newįormula lamps" once again because there are fewer inĮxistence. The formula was never changed back after WWII. Early in WWII uranium becameĪ restricted war material and the formula was changed. Lamps using the original formula fluoresce The original formula for Alacite included uranium oxideĪs a white pigment. This would indicate the scallop drape lamps were made during the 1940 lamp season, one year before the red Lincoln drape lamps were introduced.Īlacite was originally formulated to look like the lamp was made from old Ivory. ![]() The timing suggests that the scallop foot mold was the first of the tall Lincoln drape molds used. There are no red scallop foot lamps known to have been made. Alacite and blue lamps were made from the scallop mold. Pattern on the base of the scallop foot lamp. Reproduction side by side on display as a continual reminder I collected tall Lincoln drape lamps I kept a real one and a ![]() Original lamps have a greater angle than reproductions and the bowl top surface is ramped up to meet the angled filler. The best diagnostic I know of is the filler cap. It would be difficult to tell a reproduction just on the foot There are numerous variations in foot pattern and height. a very small number of alacite like reproductions were made in the 1980's Have been seen in clear, red, blue and amber (Aladdin never Lincoln drape lamps than Aladdin ever made. Years and there are more reproduction red and cobalt tall The tall lincoln drape lamp has been reproduced for several Only the last year of production came with Nashville burners. The Alacite, blue and red lamps came with brass burners. The rarity of the scallop foot makes it sought after by collectors. Subsequent molds did not carry the scallop pattern. It is believed that the first mold used in to make the Tall Lincoln Drape lamp was the scallop foot mold. Over the years several molds were used to make the lampsĪnd there was often a lot of variation among the molds. The ruby red lamp was only made during the 1941 lamp selling season and was likely halted because wartime restricted metal was used to make the colour. Most of these very likely had the scallop foot design. The cobalt blue lamp was only made for the 1940 Lamp selling season. TheĪlacite lamp on the other hand was Aladdin's best selling They may never have gone into the normal sales channels. Only a very small number of clear lamps were ever made and Have been found in clear, Alacite, cobalt blue and ruby red. Tall Lincoln drape lamps were sold for 10 years.
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