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www.hippielight.com | Presents The Iconic Astro lava lamp | The World's first lava lamp design in the World.

If there is one lava lamp design that is the most iconic lava lamp in the world, it is the timeless Mathmos Astro lamp. Seen below in many different finishes from different moments of its history. It is the iconic lava lamp and the world's very first lava lamp design. The Astro lamp was designed and invented in Great Britain by Edward Craven Walker, who manufactured it under his company named Crestworth.

Now Crestworth is known as Mathmos, and they still manufacture the lava lamp in Great Britain. The Astro lava lamp is so iconic that it featured on the packaging of Poppets which played tribute to iconic products from the past such as the: spacehopper, Mini and the slinky.

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www.hippielight.com | Vintage Advertisements for the iconic Astro and the Astro Mini lava lamp designs.

Below one can see some vintage Crestworth ads by Roy Weston for the Astro and the Astro Mini (now known as the Astro Baby), the world's first lava lamp designs. These wonderful hand drawn, line-art advertisements show the lava lamp designs in a myriad of different places from the home to the bar. We especially love the artwork that shows the Astro lamp near the TV set. These ads saw the light of day once again in 2013, and were printed on the packaging of Mathmos' 50th Anniversary Astro, which was a Mathmos limited edition. Enjoy the images below ...

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www.hippielight.com | Presents the Early British "Astro" lava lamp range: Astro, Lantern, Nordic, Princess & Mini ...

The wonderful images below show the early "Astro" lava lamp range with products such as: Astro, Astro Lantern, Astro Nordic, Astro Princess and Astro Mini. We particularly love the Princess design that features the Astro bottle elevated on a scroll metal base stand. Nordic (Cosmos edition) is also present. These lava lamps are some of the world's very first lava lamp designs. The images below are taken from Crestworth's "Astro Lamps" Stockists Manual.

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www.hippielight.com | Favoured for its Charm - THE ORIGINAL 'ASTRO'

Below: Perfect anywhere. Designed to suit any mood, any decor - in the home, office or public space. Perfect anywhere. Designed to suit any mood, any decor - in the home, office or public place. The 'professional' extra for waiting rooms, halls and reception areas. All colours available. Metal parts gleaming copper finish. Height 16" Base 6"

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www.hippielight.com | Astro Mini - Simple Elegance - Styled for International Appeal

Below: Astro 'Mini' - Simple Elegance. Will enhance the attractions of any room - has the clean, handsome ageless good taste. Perfect for table settings and as a decorative piece for all occasions. So graceful! - Ideal for use in pairs. Smart copper finish to metal parts. Colours to choice. Height 16" Base 4"

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www.hippielight.com | Presents the Vintage British Crestworth Astro Lantern lava lamp design.

The Crestworth Astro Lantern - TRADITIONAL BEAUTY "ASTRO LANTERN" - All the fascination of the old hurricane lamps - the comfort of a ships light in a storm. Authentic copper anodic finish. Two models were produced "Port" - Red and "Starboard" - Green. Port consisted of Rose masterfluid and Ruby wax. Starboard consisted of Blue masterfluid and Topaz wax.

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www.hippielight.com | Presents the Vintage British Crestworth Astro Princess lava lamp design.

The early Crestworth "Astro" lamp range included a little known design, named "Princess" which features an elevated base design that is rarely seen and quite unusual. The Astro Princess features a construction similar to the early Astro lamp, which comprised of a two-part base cone design that interlocks. The Princess uses the top cone part and sits on an elevated traditional scroll-base design. These lamps are rarely seen and very rare. The images below are the kind courtesy of Dermot Shanahan.

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www.hippielight.com | Vintage Decoverre French Brochure featuring the Crestworth Classic Astro lamps and the Nordic Cosmos Glitterlite designs.

Below: One can see a vintage Decoverre French brochure which features a wonderful selection of Crestworth lava and glitter lamps such as the: Astro Mini, Cosmos (a Nordic design) and Astro Lantern. This brochure shows serves a great reference to vintage colour combinations of Crestworth's lava lamps and focuses on the wonderful Cosmos design that features the Nordic bottle placed on a pedestal styled base. Enjoy the images below ...

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www.hippielight.com | Crestworth Nordic Deluxe MK One Cone Design.

Below: Crestworth created a diverse array of Nordic lamp designs which all utilised the Nordic tubular bottle. One of the most popular was the Nordic cone base design which is a very beautiful design which features the lamp suspended on a cone base design. This design was sold with Glitterlite and Astro lava lamp liquids. Enjoy the images below ...

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www.hippielight.com | Astro Mini - Simple Elegance - Styled for International Appeal

Below: Astro 'Mini' - Simple Elegance. Will enhance the attractions of any room - has the clean, handsome ageless good taste. Perfect for table settings and as a decorative piece for all occasions. So graceful! - Ideal for use in pairs. Smart copper finish to metal parts. Colours to choice. Height 16" Base 4"Below you can see the Astro Mini restored with an Astro Baby bottle from Mathmos. Remember that you can restore your Astro Mini with an Astro Baby bottle.

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www.hippielight.com | Crestworth Astro & Astro Mini - Crestworth's Iconic Designs | The World's Two First lava lamp designs ...

Below: Astro & Astro 'Mini' designs - The world's first two lava lamp designs by Edward Craven Walker. Smart copper finish to metal parts. Colours to choice. Height 16" Base 4" Below you can see the Astro Mini restored with a brand new Astro Baby bottle from Mathmos. Remember that you can restore your Astro Mini with an Astro Baby bottle, as we have done below ...

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www.hippielight.com | Crestworth & Murakami Trading Co. Japan.

Below: These wonderful brochure images from Murakami Trading Co, show Crestworth's Astro Mini in Japan. Edward Craven Walker patented the Astro lava lamp all over the world and in distant markets, licensed the patent to other firms. Murakami Trading Co. obtained the rights to Japan, and produced the Astro Phantom Lite and also the Astro Mini Lite. Enjoy the images below, we love the built in dimmers in the base and the pinholes.

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www.hippielight.com | Presents Crestworth's Twiggy lamp | A new concept in functional lighting ...

Crestworth also created an interesting array of other lights such as their Aromalite, which was a dual purpose fragrance lamp, Mistrolite presented a colourful kinetic liquid-less light and Twiggy was a radically new take on functional lighting. Twiggy is an interesting endearing light that can be positioned anyway you wish and some even feature flocked shades, which makes them so fun to the touch. Enjoy the images of Twiggy below ...

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www.hippielight.com | The Galaxy - The very latest thing in decorative lighting | A Great Piece of 1970s Britain.

The Galaxy - The very latest thing in decorative lighting. Crestworth's Sensational New Galaxy. The safe glass fibre optic lamp. Tens of thousands of minutely fine glass fibre optics artistically arranged to create an ever-moving, swaying sea of light, gently changing from one vivid colour to another. Indescribably lovely - a veritable galaxy of enjoyment, with its patent "sealed unit" to contain the sharp, penetrating glass fibres in complete safety - away from inquisitive hands.

Two versions of the Crestworth Galaxy have been seen, one with optics which virtually touch the edge of the patented darkened dome and the other which features shorter optics within. The later is the more popular design of the two.

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www.hippielight.com | Presenting: Restoring Crestworth Classic Lava Lamps... Astro, Astro Mini & Astro Nordic ...

Restore your vintage lava lamp design such as the Astro Mini with a new Mathmos Astro Baby bottle if your old bottle has come to the end of its life or if you fancy a change. Enjoy the images below of the Astro, Astro Mini, Astro Nordic and Astro Lantern with contemporary lava lamp bottles …

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