Looks Indian to me. I like the confession: "Fitted with parts made in Germany" whatsoever these may be :-) Erik
@Arun Kumar, welcome to the forum. What lanterns do you collect in India? Any specific brand? we love to see (more) pictures. Tank and globe cage looks nice copies, the top part and presssure gauge is a real Px with a T.
Certainly an Indian made copy of a Petromax. Petromax did make a lamp at 450cp but they were never marked as such. The real thing is always marked as 500HK. 1HK is about 0.91cp so a 500HK petromax is actually near enough 455cp. ::Neil::
The data on the identification plate and on the tank are very honest. @Arun Kumar Can you please show more pictures ?
Very interesting. Those are certainly not completely made and not assembled in Germany. Probably locally assembled in India. Some of the parts might actually be made in Germany. In the 1930s, F.R. Racek in India had been an importer of lanterns of various brands(Petromax, Hasag, etc) from Europe. During or after WWII, those imports were halted by some reasons. That, in some ways prompted both the assembly and manufacture of lamps locally in India. That was also due to the very high demand of such lanterns in India during that time. As for 'Peromax', that is certainly an attempted copy of the Petromax. The origin would mostly likely be India.
Thank you so much, everyone, for the welcome. Also appreciate all of you for sharing your experience and expertise here on the forum. I have recently started collecting kerosene lamps, the wick type. The picture I posted was from a seller who has asked me if I would be interested. So I do not have any more pictures of it. As for the other lamps, they all are either lanterns or wick ones, not sure if it would be okay to post those pictures and details. Please let me know. And a huge thanks again, to all of you.
Also, a quick question, why has nobody commented on the Peromax, with the T missing!! Guess, it's a very obvious mistake while imprinting the name?
Wim sort of mentioned it briefly very early regarding the "real" preassure gauge also including the letter "T". Apart from that, what is there to mention? Makers that made clones of an established brand often used names very close to the original, perhaps even in order to trick people into thinking it was the real deal. Perhaps more noticeable with stoves where many Primus copies are called similar names.
Hi Arun and welcome! Were you tempted to buy the lantern at all or are you staying with wick type lanterns for now :-) regards pb
After spending time on this wonderful forum, I have decided to start with buying one pressure lamp for now...and I know where it will take me but I am not buying that assembled one, will look for a genuine one...
Good luck with your collecting. There are probably so many vintage pressure lanterns still hanging out in India you'll have no shortage of them.
