Lot 176
A Pair of B.R.C. 'Alpha' Self-Contained Acetylene Gas Headlamps. Dating between 1903 and 1910, a sided-pair of Boa-Rodrigues & Company factory-made lamps. Manufactured for 'Maison Labourdette', 183 Rue de la Pompe, Paris, (coachbuilders) with engraved insignia fitted to the heat ventilators on each lamp. Other features include parabolic nickel-silver reflectors with mirror lenses, centrally mounted condenser lenses, stout hinges and pull locking bars to each front door, carrying bails, stabilising feet, 7½-inch spaced fork mountings, and both numbered 135. The generators retain their appropriate gas taps, carbide of calcium cylinders and bayonet locking With 11-inch bezels and standing 14-inches high, they are in excellent polished-brass condition. (2)
