Consulate Style Hot Water Bottle Lamp Identical Reproduction Of Napoleon 1st Lamp

Consulate-style bouillotte lamp on a circular base with a basin top, in the center of which rise three small columns framing a baluster.
Square rod topped with a bronze ring, allowing the height of a shade in green lacquered sheet metal to be modulated, stabilized by an arrow-shaped screw key.
False candle in opaline – Completely revised electrification, wire, socket and bipolar switch in gold color,
Protective varnish on bronze and brass.
Ø of the base: 22.50 cm
Maximum height: 59 cm.
Ø of the lampshade: 27 cm
Mid-20th century period

This Bouillotte lamp is an identical reproduction, (with the exception of the key fixing the lampshade)
of the ''three-light covered desk torch'' ' of a set of six, which was ordered from the company Thomire, Duterme et Cie and delivered on June 29, 1812. Transportable furniture that Napoleon loved during his military campaigns, it was removable and compact allowing it to be stored in its travel box.

An exact replica of the bouillotte lamp of Napoleon 1st was made for Marshal Pétain

The Bouillotte lamp made its appearance during the reign of Louis XVI. It takes its name from a very fashionable game at the end of the 18th century which was played on a heated table in winter: the hot water bottle. This game lamp included a bowl to store the dice and tokens at the end of the game, a key to adjust the lampshade as the candles burned down.