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Has anyone ever heard of this old lamp brand?
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:44 pm
by PeterG
...Irvin Martin Lighting of England.
See picture - a real mystery...
Would love to know more about this, including if good quality or not...
Google search yields nothing
Re: Has anyone ever heard of this old lamp brand?
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:10 pm
by Danny
It looks a fairly modernish lamp maybe 1990s?
Re: Has anyone ever heard of this old lamp brand?
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:21 pm
by PeterG
It looks a fairly modernish lamp maybe 1990s?
Yeah I can't make my mind up on it. There isn't even a record online of any company by that name that I can see. Very odd
Re: Has anyone ever heard of this old lamp brand?
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:23 pm
by Danny
Interesting, a rather nice looking lamp none the less ! Wonder if it is a re badged thorn OR Philips
Re: Has anyone ever heard of this old lamp brand?
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:31 pm
by PeterG
Could be. The boxes they come in have no markings on them. I'd just love to know the history of them as they're British made ....well, apparently anyway!
Re: Has anyone ever heard of this old lamp brand?
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:37 pm
by Slyspark
Re: Has anyone ever heard of this old lamp brand?
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:35 pm
by PeterG
From the website:
"Unfortunately the Company Irvine Martin Lighting Ltd has now ceased trading. Irvine Martin Lighting manufactured some superb moulded illuminated decorations and festive garlands"
FFS - what a friggin tragedy - yet another great British firm manufacturing iconic stuff just gone. That explains it. Terrible waste
Re: Has anyone ever heard of this old lamp brand?
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:39 pm
by Slyspark
Yup, remaining stocks being sold off there....
Sadly, large, blow-moulded X,as lights fell out of fashion.
Re: Has anyone ever heard of this old lamp brand?
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:00 pm
by PeterG
Yup, remaining stocks being sold off there....
Sadly, large, blow-moulded X,as lights fell out of fashion.
Danny makes a good point - perhaps those lamps are rebranded thorns or something. I might phone the company number and ask them...
Re: Has anyone ever heard of this old lamp brand?
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:23 pm
by Andy
Hi Peter,
I have a couple of coloured lamps in this brand and have added one to the gallery just now.
They appear to be well made lamps but I don't know who made them either.
I wonder if James might know?