What on Earth am I looking at?!?!?! I need the big brains to weigh in.

[Steve Butler]

Here’s all the pictures I have.   The base is wood.  I’m guessing some form of frankenfan.  The motor looks cool though.  Any thoughts what this is or was?  

[Greg Mangin]

Well, it's interesting if nothing else

[Steve Butler]

It’s a tiny little guy.  🤷‍♂️

[Steve Cunningham]

I’ve seen one like that before. it’ll come to me.

[Steve Butler]

14 hours ago, Steve Cunningham said:

I’ve seen one like that before. it’ll come to me.

Dust off your thinking cap Steve.  I need to figure out if its worth buying and killing a day to go and get.  Thanks for any help.   

[Alberto Noti]

Zephyr?

 

[Russ Huber]

I have seen this in the books in past. Can you share a picture of the tag, Alberto?

[Alberto Noti]

Sorry Russ, I wish I had a picture of the tag. I saved those images from eBay few years ago.

[Steve Butler]

Thanks Alberto!  At least it appears to have started out as an actual fan.  Obviously I will never find a base in ten lifetimes. What’s the consensus?  Do I go ahead, make an offer, and kill nine hours to get it?   Not like I haven’t done that numerous times in the past to get good stuff. Your options are welcomed.   

[Alberto Noti]

Obviously the price is always a factor but if it's "reasonable" from your point of view, I would go. I think is still an interesting and unique piece 🙂

Do you have any picture showing how the fan is attached to the base?

[Steve Butler]

That’s all the pictures I have.  I’ll see if he’ll get the cord out of the way and send more.  

[Russ Huber]

Louis Luu could reproduce that cast base in a heartbeat.  That of course is up to Louis Luu. I would say roughly 10k would warm him up a bit for the task. 🙂

[Russ Huber]

I can see the electrical trade image of the fan plain as day in my head, I can't pin down what year for sure. I am sure Kovar is on it as I type. 🙂

[Steve Butler]

He sent some more pictures.  

[Michael Rathberger]

I'd leave it alone, someone put some time into the base. It'll never be original anyway.

[Paul Carmody]

In the pics off eBay the base to me looks like porcelain.

That is a neat fan!Looks like the cylinders on an old airplane.

 

[Steve Butler]

Donna already decided where it’s going in the house and I haven’t even made an offer yet. 😁  She loves the tiny fans.  

[Louis Luu]

12 minutes ago, Steve Butler said:

Donna already decided where it’s going in the house and I haven’t even made an offer yet. 😁  She loves the tiny fans.  

In that case, try to convince her to get more along the way.  Worth a try.

[Steve Butler]

7 minutes ago, Louis Luu said:

In that case, try to convince her to get more along the way.  Worth a try.

Last week was our 32 anniversary.   For our 28th we drove to Detroit to pick up a Trojan.  She’s a keeper. 

[Alec Burns]

The base attachment looks somewhat contemporary with the flat head screw. I’d also leave it alone. Part of the fan’s history.

[Russ Huber]

I enlarged the tag on Alberto's ebay example to gain as much as I can. The top of the tag I am fairly confident states THE ZEPHYR. Listed underneath is what appears to be the manufacturer or agency name. The address is below that. The forth row appears to be BOSTON, MASS.

[Russ Huber]

I'd leave the base alone as no one has a d amn clue if it is original, or not. 

If someone out there owns that ebay model Alberto posted and is watching this post with a p oop eating grin on your face because you know what that tag states, shame on you. Fact Jack.

[Louis Luu]

9 minutes ago, Russ Huber said:

I'd leave the base alone as no one has a d amn clue if it is original, or not. 

If someone out there owns that ebay model Alberto posted and is watching this post with a p oop eating grin on your face because you know what that tag states, shame on you. Fact Jack.

I don't own it.  Let me dig around.  I remember seeing it....German fan?

[Russ Huber]

Alberto, do you recall did the ebay listing have a picture of the base tag?

[Alberto Noti]

Usually I save all of them. I do not believe there a was a picture of the tag...that said, is too long ago and I could be wrong 🙂