Tilley household lamps post-1945
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Model TL106 table
lamps made in 1946-52 (left), 1952-56 (two, center), and 1957-62 (right).
While the styles changed,
the model numbers did not,
which makes it difficult
for collectors today.
Three of these (left, center
left, and right) are in Neil McRae's collection,
while the center right
version in chrome finish is in Steve & Jill Wood's collection.


Three Model TL136 lamps
made in 1946-52 (left), 1952-56 (center), and 1957-62 (right).
Model TL136 lamps were
shorter versions of the 106 lamps;
these are also in Neil's
collection.
The model on the left was
originally finished as its 106 counterpart above.
The models in the center
and on the right came with a parchment shade
as on the Model VL 1 near
the top of this page.
Neil knows of only one
other example of the version on the right;
this one came from a Scottish
hunting lodge and has rarely been used.
Another TL 136 dating to
1952-56 as above center,
this lamp, in Will Nelle's
collection,
with the optional shade.
Another 300 cp donut lamp,
this Model IL 47
was manufactured between
1947 and around 1962.
Neil McRae restored this
one, which is in his collection,
to a nearly exact colour
match and with the correct globe.

Tilley KL80 hanging lamp
(left) was manufactured between 1950-62.
Neil McRae restored the
lamp, now in Fil Graff's collection,
which included having a
reproduction reflector made.
Tilley Part No. 900 (right)
is a lower insect disk
(seen here on an TL10 with
vitreosil shade) that was sold in the 1950s as an accessory for the KL80.
This part was identified
by Jim Dick and is in Steve Clark's collection.

Models TL120 (left) and
TL120A (center & right) lamps were made from 1962-64
and 1964 to around 1978,
respectively, when Tilley stopped making table lamps.
The 120 came with a parchment
shade as on the Model VL 1 near the top of this page.
A pleated paper shade came
with the steel 120A (center).
The lamps on the left and
center are in Neil McRae's collection.
Model 120A on the right
has a chromium plated brass fount, plastic pleated shade,
and is date stamped Sept.
1976; it was found in the US.

To light most Tilley products
the company
provided a jar and torch
(left image).
The user put methylated
spirits (denatured alcohol)
in the jar and soaked the
torch.
To light the appliance
(right image)
the torch handle was pinched
to clasp the vapouriser (generator)
and the soaked fibers were
lit with a match.
The heated vapouriser could
then be lit
by opening the valve to
the gently pumped fount of fuel
and the torch could be
removed.