rt-lived early-70s series. No details are known, save that it was produced after the switch from orange to red lava (see below). A Starlight Aristocrat with a black base and cap." However, the color of this lamp is yellow / orange.…
bbly lava). The Commander has been topped off with distilled water and had a drop of yellow added to the liquid to restore the color. It's not as hazy as it looks in the pic. Both of these lamps are really hard to photograph - this is as close as I could get!…
d a re-dye, but the yellow faded.
Though the picture is neat, this is not what it looks like when running - very hard to capture the true colors. It's more of an orange wax in orange-looking fluid.
Per the Lava Library (via Jonas): The Commander
A short-lived early-70s series. No details are known, save that it was produced after the switch from orange to red lava (see below). A Starlight Aristocrat with a black base and cap.
This one is definitely yellow/orange though.
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y then!) in brass with a square metal base. Also pictured: the black (but not squiggled) Aristocrat variant called the Commander. Hyper-rare, that one; if you find a Midnight Aristocrat with a screw cap, better check the date to see whether is an early-90s one or a Commander! (In 1972, the date sticker in the cap was square)…