Philips 100w brown/gold coloured GLS lamp
A recent beauty found on Ebay - this lamp has quite a large envelope given it's only 100w. Natural coloured glass too, no lacquer anywhere to be found! I wonder what the purpose of this lamp was, as it's quite an unusual colour, almost reminiscent of a wine or olive oil bottle!

Philips 100w brown/gold coloured GLS lamp

A recent beauty found on Ebay - this lamp has quite a large envelope given it's only 100w. Natural coloured glass too, no lacquer anywhere to be found! I wonder what the purpose of this lamp was, as it's quite an unusual colour, almost reminiscent of a wine or olive oil bottle!

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Manufacturer:Philips
Wattage:100w
Date manufactured:July 1941
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Date added:13 Apr, 2024
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Keiron   [13 Apr, 2024 at 04:30 PM]
Wow, I've not seen one of these before
dor123   [14 Apr, 2024 at 04:13 AM]
This is a more common colouring for LED filament lamps and antique replicas, rather than real antique or more modern incandescent lamps. I think it is an amber colouring
dor123   [14 Apr, 2024 at 08:20 AM]
BTW: It is also possible that this amber colouring is actually a sputtered getter, and not an intentinal colouring, as the package or the etch don't says it is amber or coloured.
LAllenLighting   [14 Apr, 2024 at 08:29 AM]
I think it's intentional, as the lamp itself appears to be made out of coloured glass and the effect is consistent. Maybe it is a photographic darkroom lamp?

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