Claude GTE 22W circline

I bought this oddity from the local Chinese-owned hardware shop. It's never been powered up. I assume it's French. Can't make out the country where it was made.

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Kev

[02 Jun, 2016 at 01:42 AM]

RÃ©publique FÃ©dÃ©rale Allemande (Germany)

AngryHorse

[02 Jun, 2016 at 08:40 AM]

Sylvania factory?

BC5-80

[02 Jun, 2016 at 09:31 AM]

Thanks Kev!

Andy

[02 Jun, 2016 at 09:51 AM]

That's certainly an interesting find in this country! Looks like it's from the 1980s with the GTE logo.

Danny

[02 Jun, 2016 at 11:11 AM]

Wow this is an interesting one! Looks to of had something to do with Sylvania?

BC5-80

[02 Jun, 2016 at 03:35 PM]

GTE and Sylvania names were seen together at one time. Were they two separate companies that merged, probably after this tube was made?

James

[03 Jun, 2016 at 04:23 PM]

Sylvania was taken over by General Telephone & Electronics (the present day Verizon phone company of the US) in 1959. Thereafter their products were branded GTE Sylvania. ITT-Claude became a part of Sylvania in 1968 and thereafter also sometimes used the logo of its parent company GTE. Claude was only used for the French-speaking markets. In 1993 GTE sold Its lighting division and then this branding changed. Sylvania also dropped the Claude brand around 2007.

BC5-80

[03 Jun, 2016 at 11:17 PM]

You're a mine of information, James. Thanks for the enlightenment!

Super_t_Five

[23 Mar, 2017 at 02:41 AM]

Tube made 06/1991

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