Pre Electric Lighting in Europe

In Tongern, Belgium today I found several interesting lamps. If you click on these pictures they will enlarge.




One is a really well preserved carbide bicycle lamp. The red and green glasses on the sides are intact, and it even still has a little bit of calcium carbide in it.

LINK: http://tinyurl.com/ocxnr

http://paulgarland.blogspot.com/2006/07/carbide-bicycle-lamps.html



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I also found a really interesting, kind of tall brass Charles Pigeon lamp. Apparently this is called a lampe cloche a pied. I don't know what that means, but for sure these are pretty rare.


These are some Charles Pigeon Links from my blog archives:
http://tinyurl.com/my6ka
http://tinyurl.com/gcyl9
http://tinyurl.com/f33gm







And a matching pair of round burner lamps that appear to be silver plate.
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Link: http://tinyurl.com/f93u2





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