TeriAnn's Guide to Aladdin Mantle Lamps

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Aladdin Lamps in Argentina Made from 1925 through 1939 (?). Exact dates unknown.

 

Aladdin Lamp model 1200

Aladdin model 12

In 1925 Aladdin established a subsidiary in Buenos Aires, Argentina to sell lamps into South America.  Presumably the first products sold were standard American model 11 lamps.

Model 12 lamps introduced into Argentina were standard American model 12 lamps with a relabeled wick adjustor knob and a reworked gallery that can also fit a heelless chimney.

The wick adjuster knob reads: "Aladino SA Industrial, Modelo 12 Aladino, Made in USA, Patentes Pendientes, Buenos Aires"

Sometime during the 1930's three side draft lamps were designed specifically for the Argentina market using their own unique fonts, wall bracket and hanger. These lamps used model 14 burners imported from the UK. It is believed that these lamps were manufactured locally using local materials. 

The model 1200 is a table lamp, model 1214 is a font lamp that used the footless font from the 1200 lamp and the 1100 which is a different design shelf & wall lamp.

Pictures of the model 12 Buenos Aires font lamp provided by Bernie Staggs.

Aladdin Lamp wick adjuster

 

Aladdin model 12 gallery

Model 12 Buenos Aires

 

The model 12 gallery was modified to fit generic heelless chimneys and the wick adjuster knob was labeled for Aladdin Buenos Aires. this lamp appears to be a standard US model 12 font lamp.

 

Aladdin Lamp from Argentina

Model 1200 Buenos Aires

The Aladdin Model 1200 is a little known lamp that has been poorly documented. It is made out a brass alloy that is paler than 100% brass and does not take a polish well. 

The quantity made is unknown but the lamp is very rarely encountered by collectors outside South America.  Best guess is that this lamp was in production during the 1930's and went out of production near the end of 1939.

The glass shade used with this lamp is very similar to the American Aladdin 701 style (American model B table lamp shade) on a gallery mounted 10" shade ring.

Aladdin lamp bottom

The Aladdin model 1200 design has a completely enclosed foot. The base is steel that has been plated with copper so that it could take nickel plating. The bottom plate has vertical sides that fit snugly inside the lamp foot. The brass alloy on the lamp foot is molded around the base of the steel bottom plate, holding the plate in place.

I have found no data indicating where this lamp was manufactured.   The Tooling is unlike any other Aladdin lamp manufactured in America, the UK or Australia.  The alloy used is also unique.  This increases the likelihood that Aladdin Buenos Aires had the fount locally produced. Importing burners and producing founts and shades locally was the method Aladdin and other mantle lamp manufacturers usually used to keep costs down.

Burner used on side draft Argentina lamps:

At least 3 versions of the Super Aladdin, model 14 side draft burners were used on the model 1200 implying that this lamp was in production from the early 1930's. The one on my lamp is illustrated below.  This burner was introduced in 1938 and is presumably the newest burner used with these lamps.


Model 14 "Super Aladdin" burner used on 1100, 1200 and 1214 lamps

 

 

 

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