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This cylinder came with a group of cylinders I purchases recently. Please forgive my ignorance but what is it? Thanks, Jerry Blais

It looks like a 2 min. Indestructible cylinder.
Harvey Kravitz

Harvey, is this cylinder a Indestructible cylinder in the transition from Lamber to Indestructible? Thanks, Jerry

It appears to have a sort-of plaster core?

The plaster core leads me to believe it's a Lambert cylinder made for the UK Edison Bell company. I have a pink one with a plaster core, but I've never seen a black one.

(Sir, if ignorance were not forgiven on this forum, I would have been stoned upon joining!)

Thank you for sharing this rare curiosity!

-Michael

In my listing of Indestructible two minute cylinders, #1025 is Only Lonely little Me

Jerry Blais

Jerry, This cylinder looks like a very late "Black Lambert" cylinder. Some Black Lambert Cylinders carried the same Patent date as the Albany Indestructible cylinders... That is because Albany Indestructibles used the same Lambert Patent! Black Lambert Cylinders were the follow up to Pink Lambert Cylinders.. and Black Lambert Cylinders eventually morphed into Albany Indestructibles..

Here is an earlier Black Lambert cylinder on ebay.. You can see the obvious family resemblance here to the Early Albany Indestructibles.

I would think that your very late Black Lambert cylinder was right before the changeover to Albany Indestructibles.. I also think that the earlier poster might be correct that it is a UK variant due to the unusual Plaster core.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-NICE-BLACK-LA ... 3641.l6368


Sweet find!

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Tony K.

Edison Collector/Restorer

Thanks everyone for their input. Jerry Blais