Any idea as to what this motion lamps is called?

[Scott]

Hi, I picked this up at a yard sale today.  It is made in china but there is no id on it.  Works great.  Any ideas as to the name of it?  Did it have a cap?  Thanks, Scott

[Jim]

I don't think it had a cap and I believe its called a "Geyser Lamp".  Do a search of the site and you will see other examples from fellow members.

[Erin]

No cap. That's a geyser lamp. I've wanted one forever. If you ever sell it, think of me!

[Metallica Man Trevor]

Wow that's cool

[Llava Bllonde]

nice!

[Scott]

Thanks everyone!  Like everything in life, once i find something I've never seen before, i find another then another etc...I talked with somebody who has one and i guess the popularity went bad because they are fragile.  The internal coil breaks and they leak. 

[Jonas Clark-Elliott]

Many of these broke just in shipment to stores! You have the large model, and there was a small model with a black or translucent blue plastic base, which had very little glitter movement. Both models came in three shapes: the tapered one like yours, a football shape, and an hourglass shape.

These are based on vintage 1970s French lamps generically called 'boilers' or 'bubblers.' This variety encased the basic boiler/bubbler inside a glitter lamp, and usually had a metal base, as opposed to many boilers which were formed as one big glass sculpture with integrated base. Here are two different French glitter-boilers, along with an image of some other types: a standard boiler (2), lava-bubbler (3), fountain (4) and double fountain with return pipe (4).

[Erin]

I almost got one, but the seller was too afraid to ship it for that very reason. I'm still after one though...

Scott said:

Thanks everyone!  Like everything in life, once i find something I've never seen before, i find another then another etc...I talked with somebody who has one and i guess the popularity went bad because they are fragile.  The internal coil breaks and they leak.