www.britishinvention.com | The History of the Lava Lamp | The Crestworth Era | The Start of the History of the lava lamp invented by Edward Craven Walker.
Below: After decades of lava lamp research, Edward Craven Walker introduced the iconic Astro lava lamp in 1963. The Astro lamp would become a landmark product and a simply timeless piece of lighting history. The Astro lamp would be followed by a mini version titled Astro Mini. Other variations include Astro Lantern, which merge the fascination of a ship storm lantern with all things Astro. Astro Lantern was even featured with nautical colour-ways such as: Starboard and Port. Astro Nordic, utilised a tubular bottle on a wide variety of base and cap designs. Cosmos, often seen in France and other export markets featured the Nordic bottle placed on a pedestal style base. Crestworth's Telstar presented an entry-level design featuring a flared base design with a flat cap.
Other lighting concepts by Crestworth were also created such as the Traction lamp, Cannon Timer, Mistrolite and Aromalite. Crestworth also created a very clever functional white light titled: Twiggy, which would feature versatile geometry. Crestworth also entered the world of Glitter with Glitterlite and Living Jewel to create dazzling beautiful glitter lamp designs. Glitterlite presents slow moving shimmering glitter. Living Jewel by Crestworth presented a faster glittering effect with larger pieces of glitter swirling. Crestworth diversified into decorative fibre optic designs which are still highly collectable and beautiful today. Fibre optic examples include: Galaxy and PhantomLite to name just two. |

www.britishinvention.com | The History of the Lava Lamp | Mathmos invented the lava lamp in Great Britain in 1963 | Vintage Crestworth Nordic | All things Glitterlite ...
Below: Glitterlite was one of the world's very first glitter lamp formulations and is often seen in Crestworth's Nordic ranges. Glitterlite, presents fine glitter, shimmering in colourful liquids. Glitterlite is designed to operate on a 40w bulb as provided originally with the lamp, but one can also use weaker wattage bulbs if so desired for a slower effect. Original Glitterlite colours named after precious stones, are: 'RUBY, EMERALD, SAPPHIRE & AMBER'. Glitterlite is often seen in the Nordic range of products which include: Cosmos, Nordic, Table lamps, Wall-mounted design, Ceramic Nordic … Enjoy the Glitterlite gallery below … |




































































Welcome to www.britishinvention.com, a website dedicated to vintage lava lamps from Mathmos, the inventors of the lava lamp. www.britishinvention.com displays a wide range of lava, glitter, fibre optic and motion lamps from the past and today, to acts as a mini museum reference for those who wish to learn more about these wonderful kinetic lamps. www.britishinvention.com displays a wide range of lava lamp designs from their introduction in 1963 to the present day and we love Mathmos, the people who invented the lava lamp. |
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