Novelty Globe, Lamp, Commemorative, Wiley Post & Will Rogers,

Wiley Post and Will Rogers Commemorative Terrestrial Globe Lamp Gibraltar Electric Clock Company, Jersey City, New Jersey: c. 1935 Gold-painted white metal 10 inches high (fixture excluding socket) A raised relief figural globe lamp, depicting a two-seater monoplane with rotary engine on a six-inch terrestrial globe and portraits of humorist Will Rogers (left) and aviator Wiley Post with his characteristic eye patch (right). The airplane is identified on the wings as “W.P. X-12-0.” The globe has incised longitude and latitude lines, raised continents and wreath decoration. The octagonal base bears a stylized banner inscribed “Will Rogers Wiley Post.” This item is rewired and fitted as an electric lamp, as manufactured. The original bulb socket was maintained for authenticity. This lamp was issued as a memorial to aviation pioneer Wiley Post (1898-1935) and humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935). Post was the first man to complete a successful solo flight (non-continuous) around the world between July 15 and 22, 1933, in his single engine Lockheed Vega. His aerial achievements demonstrated that air travel could be both a test of endurance and evidence of twentieth-century technological progress. Rogers was the writer and story- teller best known for saying “I never met a man I didn’t like.” Post and Rogers died tragically in 1935 in an airplane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska. The Gibraltar Electric Clock Company produced clock cases and lamp bases from the late 19th to mid 20th centuries. Condition: Excellent. Wired for American electricity. I have seen this lamp for sale between $200.00-$600.00