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]

The differences between a chrome Crestworth Telstar and the Rocket base is:

- the Telstar has a smaller "step" at the bottom of the base, whereas the step on the Rocket is taller.

- the Telstars use a bayonet fitting, the Rockets use a screw fitting

- the original Telstar bottles had a T cap, the Rocket's came with a plastic jet lid (as shown in the photo).

[Astralav]

The "step looks the same to me.

My chrome base has a screw fitting.

To return of the subjet of this post (the Copper Telstar).

anyone have an idea about the sticker with the number on it? (shown on the picture)

[Johnny]

the sticker is most likely the lamp ( cap / base ) production number, or poss bottle number, years ago when u wanted to get a refill number, as in have the fluid or both master fluid and solid (wax) when u filled in the refill order sheet it would ask for a number which that would be the stick, crestworth used to keep records of the numbers