H is for Home Harbinger

Our last post featured an interesting ‘industrial design’ coffee pot / percolator. It’s still unidentified!

Here’s another great example of industrial design… bought at auction last week.

Unlike the coffee pot, we know a lot about this item.

It’s a classic Anglepoise lamp designed by George Carwardine. This is the ’1227′ model licensed to Herbert Terry & Sons – the ’2 tiered base’ version produced from 1938 until 1969.

This is a fantastic early example with original paint finish, wiring and Bakelite switch. In superb condition and still fully working.

A design classic indeed – here’s a more detailed history from the Design Museum. and a newspaper article from 2009 about its reissue .