Toplicht XL - Geschenk van directeur scheepswerf Verolme - (12 kg) - Nautical lamp - Copper

Rare double top light ship lamp. It is no less than 60 cm high and weighs 12 kg! You don't often come across double lamps. I was recently able to purchase this lamp from a retired restaurateur from Brabant.
In the 1970s, this cook had to cater for a trial run of a ship from the Verolme Shipyard in Heusden, Brabant.
As a thank you, director Cornelis Verolme presented him with this large Toplicht lamp. This came from his private collection.
The lamp burned in the cook's garden for more than thirty years.
In 2020 I was able to buy this chef's lamp.
It is also special that I came across this lamp. Because Cornelis Verolme lived until his death in his large house “De Heul” on the Kerkweg in Ridderkerk, near Rotterdam. The house was 100 meters from my house. I saw Cornelis Verolme regularly, partly because I knew Verolme's private driver. In photo 3 you see Cornelis Verolme and in photo 4 his house “De Heul”.
It is now time for the lamp to find a new place.
The lamp is in good condition and has a thick safe cord. So it can burn in the garden, in your house, man cave or of course on a boat.
There is a dent at the top of the rear and 1 of the four wing nuts has broken off and is missing. Furthermore, the lamp is in good condition.
The lamp has special thick Fresnel glass that is almost unbreakable and provides a far-shining, clear light. The glass has a hand-engraved number.

Cornelis Verolme (1900–1981) a Dutch industrialist and shipyard magnate. His nickname was king of the stack run, the festive ceremony surrounding the launching of a new ship.
Verolme was born in the village of Nieuwe-Tonge, on the South Holland island of Goeree-Overflakkee. He was the seventh son in a farming family. He was trained as a blacksmith and metalworker at the vocational school in Middelharnis. He later obtained an MTS diploma through evening courses. He gained experience at various shipyards and factories. When he was 19 years old, he became a draftsman-constructor at the Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij NV (RDM) .
In 1928, Verolme joined Stork in Hengelo, where he constructed and installed ship machinery. He built up contacts with shipyards at home and abroad. After the Second World War he was full of plans for a new design of the company, but disagreements between the management of Stork and Verolme led to a conflict. Verolme decided to resign and start his own business.
In 1946 he started a new company in Hengelo, Ship Installation Company 'Nederland'. A year later he moved the company to Rotterdam.
In 1950 Verolme took over the Jan Smit Czn shipyard, founded in 1812. in Alblasserdam and gave it the name 'Verolme Scheepswerf Alblasserdam' (VSA) . He then became involved in the construction of seagoing vessels. Verolme acquired several important orders from Finland, for which he built the engines in his factory in IJsselmonde.
In 1954, Verolme took over the De Haan & Oerlemans shipyard in Heusden and made it suitable for ships with a loading capacity of up to 20,000 tons. The name henceforth became 'Verolme Scheepswerf Heusden' (VSH) . The largest project of this yard (although no longer in the Verolme period) was the dredger The Queen of the Netherlands, baptized by Queen Beatrix. The shipyard was taken over by Scheepswerf De Hoop in 1999.
On December 21, 1954, Verolme Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij NV (VDSM) was founded in Rozenburg. On June 27, 1957, the largest shipyard in the Netherlands was opened here, where mammoth tankers could be built and Verolme could keep up with the further growth in the shipbuilding market.
On August 10, 1955, Verolme United Shipyards NV was founded, known as Verolme United Shipyards abroad, within which all ship new construction and ship repair activities were bundled.
In the 1960s, orders for Dutch ship construction declined. A number of shipyards joined forces in the 1970s and this is how Rhine-Scheldt-Verolme was created. This company went bankrupt in 1983.

This lot has been carefully cleaned and will be carefully packaged and shipped by registered and insured mail (with Track & Trace code so you can follow the shipment) . Pick up in (Ridderkerk - South Holland) is also possible. I have delicious hand-ground coffee.