Herbert Terry 2 Step Model 1227 Anglepoise Table Lamp Czechoslovakian design Above the mask on display

Above the mask on display at London's Victoria & Albert Museum

Made from aluminium

Silver steel frame with steel clock face & red clock hands

Height 52cm

Seat Width 30cm

Herbert Terry 2 Step Model 1227 Anglepoise Table Lamp Czechoslovakian design Above the mask on displayA British design classic The 2 step model 1227 Anglepoise table lamp, designed by George Carwardine in 1932. Used in Great British institutions such as the BBC & Ministry Of Defence. The lamp during World War 2 was made with a battery pack to be used in bomber planes. According to the Anglepoise website, these were so well produced that when a crashed Vickers Wellington bomber was salvaged from Loch Ness in Scotland in 1985, the lamp still worked