Happy birthday to the "Lava lamp"

[Barry]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23754303

How many of our members have one of these?

[Rare Bird]

How many of our members have one of these?

I have four Mathmos Lava lamps. + My pride & Joy is a Crestworth 'Cosmos'

[Firebottle]

That's stylish :thumbsup:

:cool:Alan

[anthonyTD]

Happy birthday, have a good one :)
Anthony,TD...

[Rare Bird]

http://www.imovatedesign.co.uk/astro/tv.html


That's stylish :thumbsup:

:cool:Alan

O yes that 'Cosmos' cost me £125.00 from E-Bay expensive but in mint condition..

One here, bear in mind the contents of the bottle usually need replacing, you can then choose any colour effect you want..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/crestworth-mathmos-nordic-export-lamp-Cosmos-/181204760617?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Lamps&hash=item2a30a53829

[bobbasrah]

The originals I remembered from the 60s came in the same conical bottle shape as a popular diluting juice at the time, a rounded base with a conical top, the screwcap following the same conical shape. For some reason "Tree-Tops" or similar is nudging my fading memory..... Anybody recall?

[Roy S]

This one?

http://p.twimg.com/AyZ6KJfCMAAPK0s.jpg

You could use the lid as an egg cup

[bobbasrah]

This one?

You could use the lid as an egg cup

Spot on Roy, my memory is not as addled as I thought... now where did i put my specs....

[Barry]

I have four Mathmos Lava lamps. + My pride & Joy is a Crestworth 'Cosmos'

I had you in mind André, when I spotted the news item.

[bobbasrah]

From Wikipedia...
"Genesis of Astro Lamp

After the war Craven developed an idea he saw in a country pub in Dorset, England. The pub had a contraption made by a regular, Alfred Dunnett, who had since departed, a one-off device which used two immiscible fluids as an egg timer. While it was rudimentary, Craven saw potential and set about perfecting it and turning into a lamp. He set up a lab in a small shed where he mixed ingredients in bottles of different shapes and sizes. He discovered one of the best containers was a Tree Top Orange Squash bottle and its shape defined the Astro Baby Lamp or Astro Mini as it was then called."

I think from memory the original 'Tree Top' bottle had a conical base, and I remember comparing them when my mum succumbed to the Lava Lamp craze, much to my dad's irritation :rolleyes:...

[theabbot]

Hi
Have one of the original, still with the original oils bought when they first came out, the grandkids live the strange/rude shapes that can be produced.
Mike