Hi all, here's a 159x which I picked up missing a shade, globe hanger and finial. Did the required dirty work and got this lamp looking and running well to start, purchased a few parts including 220 globe hanger and a finial. I found a suitable shade frame from a second hand store, and cannibalized the frame to make something heat resistant out of linen canvas and leather. Fairly happy for a first go at this kind of shade making, pretty happy with the lamp as it is!
Thank you both, I am pretty happy with this one. @ROBBO55 the lamp is dated Sept 1950. The previous owner of this lamp took the paint off the fount and handle, and did quite a good job of it fortunately. The inside of the fount however needed work, and the r55 needed to be rebuilt. I spent a fair bit of time rebuilding the gen in attempt to get it running perfectly, and ended up with the slightest occasional flicker. I then replaced the gen with a NOS r55, and it was exactly the same so just came to the conclusion it's how the r55 runs. I also have another table lamp with a q99 gen, it runs so unbelievably smooth and quiet, I guess I was just chasing this. Either way it does run beautifully, and now I have a spare r55 gen.
