This lamp was made in the UK during the 1930's and sold domestically as "The Cottage model Super-Aladdin Lamp". During this time all Aladdin table lamps were marketed as "cottage lamps" It was offered with or without a sewn panel Whipolite shade.
This brass lamp came in a version with radial ribs on the bottom of the tank and a version without radial ribs. The two versions appear to be identical except for the ribbing. I currently believe that the version without the ribbing is the earlier version introduced in 1932. While most identified survivors of this model are nickel plated a antiqued brass finish lamp was also offered.
I have yet to see any Aladdin catalogues positively showing this lamp. To date I have only found a single magazine advertisement. So its years of production is still unclear. All I know doe sure is that some of these lamps have the 1932 Super-Aladdin burner and versions came with the more common later model 14 burner.
In case you see a picture of these lamps in Bill Courter's book and get confused - This lamp is misidentified in J.W. Courter's book Aladdin the Magic Names in lamps labeled as being from Argentina on page 162. According to Bill, the identification was tentatively made from a line drawing of a similar appearing table lamp in an Argentine sales brochure. There is a picture of the Argentina lamp on page 170.
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