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Mazda Opalia 40w decorative filament lamps Some very welcome recent Ebay finds. I believe the Opalia lamp was produced for quite some time by Mazda in France. Prior to this I only had a very well-used 60w(? - The etch has rubbed off) version which I had found in France on holiday. Something interesting to note is that the size of these seems slightly smaller compared to my older version - I wonder if these were made by Philips in later years (as Mazda was taken over by them)?

Mazda Opalia 40w decorative filament lamps

Some very welcome recent Ebay finds. I believe the Opalia lamp was produced for quite some time by Mazda in France. Prior to this I only had a very well-used 60w(? - The etch has rubbed off) version which I had found in France on holiday. Something interesting to note is that the size of these seems slightly smaller compared to my older version - I wonder if these were made by Philips in later years (as Mazda was taken over by them)?

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Album name:LAllenLighting / GLS and Halogen lamps
Manufacturer:Mazda (Possibly Philips?)
Type/Model:Opalia
Wattage:40w
Date manufactured:90s - 2000s
Filesize:348 KiB
Date added:15 Oct, 2022
Dimensions:1053 x 1413 pixels
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AngryHorse   [15 Oct, 2022 at 06:49 PM]
These are stunning, apart from the common candle I don’t think I’ve ever seen an elliptical GLS ever!
Slyspark   [16 Oct, 2022 at 12:05 AM]
You'd be forgiven for thinking these were some kind of discharge lamp at first glance...
AngryHorse   [16 Oct, 2022 at 08:08 AM]
I wonder if these have actually come from 50 watt mercury lamp machinery?, and for whatever reason they were needed in the GLS division or were just experimental trials for decorative lamps? Given their rarity I can’t see why they would make elliptical lamp machinery from scratch in GLS factories?
Slyspark   [16 Oct, 2022 at 10:50 AM]
I'd agree. Either shared or repurposed discharge lamp equipment would seem likely. Of course, could be entirely wrong and these might have been a big thing overseas and just something we never saw here?
Keiron   [17 Oct, 2022 at 02:23 AM]
Good to see you got these Smile

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