Out Of The Blue Artifacts A Library of a lifetime of collecting
Turquand & Kew Ltd – Ideal Miners Lamp.
This miners lamp has a single gauze inside the pillars. The inner wick burner is porcelain made by Essor Manufacturing Co, Birmingham.
Turquand and Kew Ltd.
Turquand and Kew Ltd were formed in 1919 and it seems they were dissolved in 1932.
The Essor Brass Founders.
The Essor Brass Founders was a company formed in 1924 from the firms of Henry Ellaway and George Hopkins & Co and F. A. Harrison Ltd.
Made from metal, porcelain and brass. Size 10 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ inches.
Dated 1919-1932.