Terry Fisher Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 (edited) This one cleaned up real good. It is on a lazy susan so the fan can be turned to view the back. Paint and shades are original. Edited November 25, 2023 by Terry Fisher 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Ray Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Wow that polychrome is in beautiful condition! Stunning! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chew Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 That is truly awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 (edited) Kim Frank shared these Luminaire advertisement images on the old website. Mike Kearns Luminaire post on the old website in the link below. Victor Luminaire Info - Pre-1950 (Antique) - Antique Fan Collectors Association - AFCA Forums Edited November 25, 2023 by Russ Huber 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Shirey Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Never realized they were also offered without lamps. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Gaines Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Out Standing, Beautiful Fan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Cunningham Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Excellent. Years ago we found an ad in American Funeral Director Magazine. It had one at each end of the casket. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Fisher Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 Thanks Russ for all of those ads. I had never seen advertising for that fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Terry Fisher said: Thanks Russ for all of those ads. I had never seen advertising for that fan. I am not sure if the detailed paint touch ups on your fan are factory or not? I am not an owner or any authority on these fans to determine that. I was called by a wealthy antique dealer who lived in Iowa when I lived there briefly. He wanted me to come check out an AB/Jandus gyro issue he wanted me to help him with. He took me into his home and I must have seen at least 3-5? Victor Luminaires. He took me upstairs and showed me his Westinghouse ceiling gyro Paul Graves restored. Mike Kearns appears to have caught a snapshot of the auction/sale you purchased your Luminaire from? It is in the old website post link below. Victor Luminaire Info - Pre-1950 (Antique) - Antique Fan Collectors Association - AFCA Forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Cunningham Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Originally they used flesh colored bulbs. Those bulbs are impossible to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Fisher Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 (edited) No touchups on this fan Russ. Also notice the light green shading is even carried over to the blades and breeze spreader vanes. Edited November 25, 2023 by Terry Fisher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Terry Fisher said: No touchups on this fan Russ. Also notice the light green shading is even carried over to the blades and breeze spreader vanes. Russell Petta was/is big into the Victor breeze spreader fans and Luminaires. Maybe he has seen one like yours. Anyone out there have one like Terry's example? Victor advertised Antique brass finish examples. What I have trouble with, Terry, is the factory labor cost that would go into your fan for all the additional highlights in the finish on your fan. If it is factory finish as is, I would see it being an expensive special-order Luminaire. Once again, I am not an authority on Luminaires. All of what I have mentioned here aside, it is beautiful. 🙂 Edited November 26, 2023 by Russ Huber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Fisher Posted November 29, 2023 Author Share Posted November 29, 2023 Russ…………Here is that proof you needed. This “factory touch up” was bought from a picker at Canton which is a big swap meet in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. My fan originally came from Iowa many years ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Rathberger Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 My wife's luminaire has a similar finish just not as illustrative as Terry's. Darryl used to have the name of it, French something if I recall. The green and red/pink highlights over gold were a finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Shirey Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Usually called polychrome on lighting fixtures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 3 hours ago, Terry Fisher said: Russ…………Here is that proof you needed. Hey Terry, I hope you didn't take it like I was calling you out on your fans finish. I have no proof to either support it or contest it through ephemera, documentation, or electrical trade. That was my point. I will say especially on your example it makes the Luminaire pop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Michael Rathberger said: My wife's luminaire has a similar finish just not as illustrative as Terry's. Darryl used to have the name of it, French something if I recall. The green and red/pink highlights over gold were a finish. I tried to find the "French Something" finish. Hopefully Darryl will share it here. Mike, can you take some pictures of your wife's Luminaire and share them, please? Edited November 30, 2023 by Russ Huber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chew Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) I believe I saw one similar to Terry's in past issues that was Lu Daggs. I think it was before 2014? A note it was as colorful as Terry's. Edited November 30, 2023 by Stephen Chew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Fisher Posted November 30, 2023 Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) Stephen you are very observant ................ mine was owned by Lu Daggs. She sold it to an AFCA member who just recently sold it to me. I was surprised after all of those years of being in the ownership of fan collectors the fan had never been properly cleaned. The models listing posted by Russ includes - The Portable (without sidelights) in Forest Green. Could my 6 wing bladed Luminaire and the 4 wing bladed Luminaire be finished in this Forest Green? Has anyone seen "The Portable" model? Also has anyone seen "The Special" which is finished in black and gleaming chrome? Edited November 30, 2023 by Terry Fisher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Fisher Posted November 30, 2023 Author Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) Notice how the 4 wing blade fan has red as the dominate color and my 6 wing blade fan has green as the dominate color. The 4 wing fan is much more colorful. Edited November 30, 2023 by Terry Fisher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 35 minutes ago, Terry Fisher said: The models listing posted by Russ includes - The Portable (without sidelights) in Forest Green. Could my 6 wing bladed Luminaire and the 4 wing bladed Luminaire be finished in this Forest Green? Has anyone seen "The Portable" model? Also has anyone seen "The Special" which is finished in black and gleaming chrome? That came from the massive Mike Kearn's data/image archive. He is very attentive to ephemera shared on ebay listings and elsewhere and puts images to file. I just pulled them up from the old website using key words in the search engine of the old website. He also has/had paid access to old online newspaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Henderson Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Perhaps this was a after market finish offered by an outside company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Jim Henderson said: Perhaps this was a after market finish offered by an outside company. If it were factory finish, why wouldn't the highlights be consistent? The advertisements available so far appear to only offer one specific color. If I was a manufacturer and went the extra mile with all the finish highlights, those highlights would be in my advertising brochure. Once again, I am not trying to rain on anyone's parade, just trying to make sense of the unknown. Edited November 30, 2023 by Russ Huber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 There is nothing here to support a deluxe model with highlights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Ray Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Possibly a special order option not advertised? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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