Antique Aladdin Amber Quilted Glass Hobnail Hurricane Vanity Oil Lamp 21

Grooved amber glass beehive base and quilted / beaded / ruffled edge shade with brass fittings. As a small boy on a farm in Nebraska, Victor Samuel Johnson Feb. 29, 1943 read the Arabian Nights story of Aladdin in a room of darkness except for the flickering yellow light of an open flame coal oil lamp. Later, as an adult, he found a new, bright light - it was called the "Practicus" from Germany.

Johnson obtained rights to sell this lamp and then improved on its design. He would go on to call his new lamp the "Aladdin, " from the stories of his childhood, and the rest, is history. 1911 - First mantle designed and patented by Charles H. Smith for Aladdin, called the Kone Kap mantle, first used on Model 3. 1915 - The Aladdin Model 6 lamp won a gold medal at the Panama Pacific International Exhibition for the best kerosene lamp in the world.

1926 - The name of the company was changed to Aladdin Industries. Johnson bought the Lippincott Glass factory in Alexandria, Indiana to make glass lamps, chimneys and shades. A factory was built on a 13-acre site, which was incorporated into a village called Aladdin with 22 residents. Agents were recruited to sell throughout the country door-to-door, leaving lamps in the home for an overnight trial. 1928 - The company turned solely to franchise dealers (some 15,000 in the 1930s).

Model 12 introduced the first Lox-On chimneys and the first Lox-On mantles. 1931 - The Lox-On Mantle is patented. 1932 - Model A introduced a switch from central draft to "Nu-Type" side draft burners; with the center draft tube removed, lamp fonts could now be made of glass as well as metal. 1937 - Ohio River flooded Louisville and Cincinnati; Aladdin rushed lamps to thousands stranded without power.

1944 - Aladdin aided the war effort in WWII: they were granted permission by War Production Board to use copper to make burners which reduced need for copper wire to electrify homes; burners used in Servel refrigerators helped preserve serum and plasma on the battlefields; Aladdin also developed the midget foxhole stove, pressure lantern, barometric bomb detonation fuse, and permeability tuning for radios and precision parts for military radio equipment. 1949 - The Mantle Lamp Company merged with its subsidiary Aladdin Industries, Inc. The company moved the central office from Chicago to Nashville, Tennessee. 1955 - Naugatuck River floods the Plume & Atwood fabricating plant, destroying all plant equipment, bringing an end to the production of the popular Model B burner.

1956 - Production of electric lamps ended. 1963 - Brass lamp manufacturing moved from USA to England.

1973 - Aladdin Knights collector organization is formed to collect and preserve memorabilia. 1977 - Burner manufacturing began in Hong Kong. 2015 - Crownplace Brands, Ltd. Good Overall - Gentle wear. 11" x 21" (Diameter x Height). The sooner you pay, the sooner you get your item. Please let us know if you have any additional questions. We are sorry for the inconvenience. We do are very best to package and secure all our items so they make safe trips to their new homes.

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