Mole Richardson Theatre lamp and Tripod

Description

This mid 70’s UK manufactured Mole Richardson Theatre lamp and Aluminium Tripod is in great condition and has fantastic Patina and would look great in any Household, loft, studio, Conservatory, office or workshop.

The military Tripod makes the Lamp a really solid standing light for up or down lighting both low and high standing positions.

Condition

The Lamp has great patina, it has dent, dinks, scratches and missing paint but is in very sound conditions, all parts fully working, the adjustment hooks work for up and down movement, lamp spot or wide angle movement, the side to side adjustment is not connected due to the tripod mounting, but is supplied with the original ceiling mount fitting that can be refitted if required and would rotate.

The lamp is fully re wired to IEEE standards with approx 2 meter cable and now uses a 100 watt screw in bulb available from any hardware store.

(the original 500 watt bulb/fitting is supplied and can be refitted if required)

The lamp has simply been cleaned and rewired, it has not been re painted, touched up or changed from it’s original design. A few screws have been replaced where necessary.

The power on/off switch is fully working.

History

The lamp itself has been mounted on the ceiling of a village hall just outside Bury St Edmonds and was just about to be put in the skip before saved. 

Made by Mole Richardson UK and has no date stamped on the lamp itself, although it’s design is 40/50’s in style it’s more likely to have been manufactured in the UK in the mid 70’s, (1975/6) this is backed up by the date of the  building it was first fitted into and when Mole Richardson started UK production, plus the low serial number of the lamp, indicating early manufacture  in the UK. However since no dates are present I could not be 100% sure on this.

Included in the sale:

Mole Richardson Lamp, with 100 watt bulb fitted

Black Aluminium Military Tripod

Threaded Tripod fitting/nut/washers.

Fitted 13 A, 3 pin plug

Shipment: Collection welcome from Hemel Hempstead area, just off J18- M25 (15 minutes) and 15 Minutes from M1.

Shipment by carrier in 2 boxes (£39), both heavy items.