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"The wax in the lamp didn’t smell good, I expect someone had tried ‘improving’ the flow once the wax was tired out. I also like the smell of the Crestworth lamp formula !"

"Nice find lucky can't believe only £1.50!"

"my friend calls it butt plug more as the shape, it reminds me of a bomb shape.  marks might pickle could be pickle-rama aka glitterama someone out there must no the origin of it  "

"Or the Mighty Pickle! Even if it isn't a Crestworth, it's extremely rare....which makes it a pretty big dill. sorry :P"

"Or the Mightly Pickle! Even if it isn't a Crestworth, it's extremely rare....which makes it a pretty big dill. sorry :P"

"Hi everyone  Thanks for your comments! I have two Hunter lamps and they have the same type of lamp holder and earth tag arrangement as my new find. The bulb retainer is not a great bit of design but it works! The reason I thought it might be…"

"ive not seen one with a "original" switch yet , maybe on the next one that turns up haha"

"What a find! The cable on your looks very fresh/minty white! Are they all the same, or does anyone's have an inline switch?"

"when i emptied mine the wax was sloppy soft but not runny like liquid and had the typical crestworth paraffin smell mmmm love it :-)  now know of 4 of these lamps , would like to got a photo of the other bulb holder that was different in the…"

"This sounds odd but how did the contents smell when you poured them out? The oil mix used in the Hunters has quite a pungent sickly smell to it, not like the paraffin smell of Crestworth lamps. "

"I'm almost certain it's a Hunter lamp too. The the liquid filling, finish of the metal, components used for the wiring and most importantly the patented ring to hold the bulb all point towards Hunter. "

"Are we sure that these are Crestworth lamps?. Looking at the photographs, the rounded cap bakelite bulb holder, the bulb holder ring, and the riveted earth connection actually make me think of Hunter lamps - I have a couple of "ordinary"…"

"Are we sure that these are Crestworth lamps?. Looking at the photographs, the rounded cap bakelite bulb holder and the riveted earth connection actually make me think of Hunter lamps -  I have a couple of "ordinary" Hunters with these…"

"Cool that another has popped up.  To me these are probably the ugliest thing that Crestworth/Mathmos has ever made, but still.....so cool!  Thanks for sharing the news and pictures."