Strange Crestworth Telstar cap

[Astralav]

Hi,

I just received a Crestworth Telstar.

This lamp doesn't have the usual T shape black plastic bottle cap, but a normal white plastic cap.

I doubt this is original, even if there is a Mathmos sticker on it.

What do you think?

Thanks

[Simon Lloyd]

That's original - they are the early Crestworth lava lamps.

Do you have a photo of the new Telstar?

[Astralav]

Thanks Simon,

I would never thought it was original (it looks like a Pepsi bottle cap / soft plastic).

No pics yet as I don't have a correct bulb to fit the base (the above pic is the Telstar bottle on one of my Cosmos bases).

But I will post one soon.

[Astralav]

I just fitted a 60w bulb (this is all I've got in Bayonet).

A quick picture:

It looks better in real:

Copper Telstar with Orange wax and Yellow (used to be clear?) liquid.

Need to be filtered, but not too bad.

No switch on the large black wire.

[Liz B]

Very nice! From jealous of Essex!

[Arne]

very nice lamp!! so are your two telstar bases the same (except te finish)?

[Tim Gill]

Intresting about the cap - I am sure everything is oringal except the cap - mabie its a repacement one from a previous onwer with the sticker taken off the oringal cap. 

I doubt Mathmos used this cap as they never have. 

[Astralav]

No, this one is 19 cm, the other one is 17 cm.

No felt on this one.

Arne said:

very nice lamp!! so are your two telstar bases the same (except te finish)?

[Astralav]

I thought the same as you, before Simon wrotes it's an original cap on early Crestworth.

I guess he must have had one like this before.

Tim Gill said:

Intresting about the cap - I am sure everything is oringal except the cap - mabie its a repacement one from a previous onwer with the sticker taken off the oringal cap. 

I doubt Mathmos used this cap as they never have. 

[Arne]

but they have the same shape? I still think your other one is a rocket/mk1 base.

[Astralav]

I just checked:

the shorter one is also a little larger, so yes it may be a Rocket base :-)

Strange it came to me with a Living Jewel bottle with a Nordic Cap.

And I'm pretty sure it's stock from factory.

Arne said:

but they have the same shape? I still think your other one is a rocket/mk1 base.

[Johnny]

telstar 70s bottles as with the nordic's would have had original T shape bottle tops, which were used up till the mid 1990s, the stick on the white top is deffo 90s , when mathmos launch the jet glitter lamps then shortly changed the the metal tops with a built in small bottle top locator which the bottle top would sit in thus then holding the main bottle cap ( lamp top )  again id change that bulb!

[Astralav]

So another vote of the classic T shape bottle cap.

Don't worries for the bulb, I was just for a try and that was the only one I've got (it came with a Nordic who was running great with lava).

I will put a correct one soon, or maybe I'll change the socket for an e27 like all my other lamps...