108.00 EUR
Fantastic set of two French vintage Lamp Pigeon "Original and Mini" brass body and fine glass globes.
Circa 1900. Paris
Pigeon Original = 25cm / 9.84" and Pigeon Mini = 16cm / 6.29"
Charles-Joseph Pigeon (29 March 1838 – 18 March 1915) was born in Le Mesnil-Lieubray in Normandy in France.
He started as a salesman in "Le Bon Marché" in Paris, where he became a close friend of Ernest Cognacq, subsequently the founder of the Samaritaine department store.
Pigeon became a dealer in cycle lamps and other lamps. His invention and manufacture of the Pigeon lamp, a non-exploding gasoline lamp, in 1884 (exhibited at the Exposition universelle de 1900), made him famous and wealthy.
An outstanding warranty, encrusted on the handle of lamps produced between 1900 and 1910, assured the customer that managed to cause the lamp to explode, a reward of 10,000 francs at the time, or about € 40,000 in 2014. Tired of answering to justice those who had certainly by nefarious means, managed to break a lamp, Charles Pigeon finally abolished registration.
A real great set !!
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Each Item will be very carefully protected and very carefully packed (blister pack and reinforced cardboard).
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