Small brass Salsbury & Son London acetylene headlight "Salsbury Flare" number 494 or 4 99 in unmolested condition. The bullet-shaped headlight retains a century's worth of patina - a pale green blue colour.The rim is 19cm wide and the headlight is 23cm deep. The mounting lugs are about 18cm apart. A..
MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF IMPOSING brass ACETYLENE HEADLIGHTS
THESE LIGHTS MEASURing 370 mm high x 320 mm dia x 200 deep
bevelled glass and Bulls Eye magnifying lenses in front of nickle plated reflectors.
A what appears to be new (NOS? there are no signs of any apparent use) 'Luxor' Acetylene rear lamp to fit a Veteran or Vintage Motorcycle.
It is almost perfect, with a couple of very small marks from a long period in storage.
I suspect that it is probably for a French (or Continental) Motorcycle from the 1920's, as I believe that this pattern of..