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Lanterns/Fixtures => Vintage => Topic started by: Nevada Willis on December 10, 2014, 09:17:03 AM

Title: Westy ID help please
Post by: Nevada Willis on December 10, 2014, 09:17:03 AM
Hi.

I'm trying to identify a bell-shaped pendant Westy incandescent luminaire.  I don't think it's an AK series since the reflector bell screws permanently to the head.  An Alzak reflector snaps inside the bell.  The glassware is similar to the Cuplight - in this case a USC type 2001 gumball.  Does anyone know the correct form number for this lamp and the approximate vintage (as in pre-AK series or post-AK series?)

(http://kbrhorse.net/strpics/westinghouse_cl01.jpg)

(http://kbrhorse.net/strpics/westinghouse_cl02.jpg)

(http://kbrhorse.net/strpics/westinghouse_cl03.jpg)

(http://kbrhorse.net/strpics/westinghouse_cl04.jpg)

Thanks!




Title: Re: Westy ID help please
Post by: Mike on December 10, 2014, 05:08:29 PM
She's a beauty! But sorry, I don't have any information on it. :( I'd take a guess and say it's maybe from the 40s or 50s? I think by the 60s they had developed the standard "NEMA head" latch-on optics.
Title: Re: Westy ID help please
Post by: Nevada Willis on December 11, 2014, 10:13:46 AM
Jace the Gull got me thinking based on his comment on another thread and I tracked it down to be a 24M Cuplight.  I realize we tend to call a lot of Westy gumballs cuplights but this appears to be the real Cuplight.

(http://kbrhorse.net/strpics/westinghouse_cuplight_ny.jpg)
Title: Re: Westy ID help please
Post by: Mike on December 11, 2014, 09:02:21 PM
Ah I see. Glad you were able to name it. :) Very nice lights, that's for sure. :D