{1947-1952 Vintage French CR Crystal Lampe Berger}

Another Vintage French Lampe Berger for showing you. This time it is the Crystal CR 1947-1952 Lampe Berger from the book: Lampes Berger A Century of History by Gérald Vilcocq on page 120 and also shown on page 202 in the listing.

Quite fittingly for a French Lampe Berger, to sit on  the French Fleur de Lys...

This is a perfect crystal Lampe Berger with original stopper, cap, stone and wick.

A very rare find and available at Spectrenoir.

Different view for showing the beautiful crystal.

For half a century of use... still looking great!

Its old patina I did not remove, that is up to the new owner.

Love its ajoured brass stopper...

Unique for having this one still complete like shown here.

A dream for any collector.

Engraved in the brass is Lampe Berger and on the other side, made in France.

This is shown on page 120 of the book: Lampes Berger A Century of History by Gérald Vilcocq.

This is on page 202 in the listing...

Taken with my iPhone as my scanner is in use for slides. Sorry about that!

Does any of you have such half a century old French Lampe Berger?

Related links:
Lampes Berger: A Century of History book by Gérald Vilcocq

{New Rosle Items in Our Kitchen}

Just like to share with you some practical improvements in our kitchen. We added some great new Rösle items. From Europe we did have a plastic wrap dispenser, foil and paper towel holder but they never lasted long. A total of 3 we have had and when I wanted to order again I realized better getting now one with lifetime warranty. So here came Rösle into play. More expensive, yes, but I paid already a lot for my three plastic ones and they come apart too quick. Guess they're made that way, to make us buy again? We also had a hard time finding the fitting rolls, as they were not as big. Now we can fit the economically sized larger rolls from Costco wholesale, so over time we save money... 

Here they are! Husband Pieter had the idea for hanging them adjacent to each other and they just fit perfect that way. The hanging rail is exactly the right size for between the cabinet space. We are very pleased with them. Below this post is the link about: More of Our Kitchen where you find the old plastic one still hanging... Since than, one of its cutters had broken and was hanging limp and no way of repairing it. Annoying things and I bet you they build them on purpose that way. What do you think?

Stepping back a bit more to get a better view.
As a reply to Diana Evans' comment: 'I love your round sinks!!!' - They are Italian, ILVE is the brand. Here in the USA they only import ILVE ranges. Our sinks crossed the Atlantic inside our suitcases...
Since we did replace our previous jasmine white ATAG sinks from The Netherlands.  They no longer made them. Sooo glad I found these ILVE from Italy!
Our faucet is Danish, Damixa.
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Below I will give you the link from where I got the Rösle items.

Also showing you a nice Rösle video.

Another New Rösle Kitchen Rail & Wall Attachment Set

Rösle Multi-Timer Digital for doing multiple tasks in the kitchen besides the oven timer.

Rösle Universal Fire Lighter - great for lighting candles etc.

This is our coffee supply corner as you see...

Coffee - Instant Coffee - Cocoa with milk frother for making a cappuccino.

A lot of Rösle gadgets living inside my bamboo drawer organizer... 

Did you know that Rösle offers a lifetime warranty on all product?

Above are the reasons why I LOVE this brand. 

Do you own any gadgets from Rösle?

Related links:
{Our Kitchen Improvements} | previous post by me
{More of Our Kitchen} | previous post by me
RÖSLE Produktfilm - Offene Küche - RÖSLE Product movie -  The Open Kitchen

{Our Indonesian House Gecko & Green Crested Lizard}

Back again to Indonesia... where we always enjoyed living and working. When we came home from work in the afternoon, we settled down on our patio with a coffee. As soon as we sat there, the Indonesian House Gecko did hurry down from the roof area, under the gable where they hid. We treated Our Indonesian House Gecko on some coffee as well! Not the Green Crested Lizard, he/she only enjoyed being there with us together. Friendly and not scared at all. Catching mosquitoes and flies and that was very much appreciated by both of us.

• Green Crested Lizard on our patio. We loved this creature for its brilliant colors!

• The door opening goes into our kitchen dining area.

Oh, they came hurrying down the rainwater pipe to the saucer where we poured some coffee with cream. This was sweet condensed milk, as that was the only one available locally.

Wish we had a photo from its tongue in action!

The Indonesian name is 'Cicak', pronounced Chichak. That's exactly the sound they make, calling their own name. They can be rather loud.

• Oh, this is yummy!

There is an even larger Gecko variety, the Tokay, in Indonesian called Tokek. Sadly this is being hunted down and becoming extinct. They are being exported to China, Japan and other Southeast Asian countries where their dried skin is being used in medicine and skincare products. 

Let's hope the best for this typical Gecko! 

See the video below for hearing its call, it too calls its own name Tokek...

At least we did enjoy nature in Indonesia and respect it too, but the Indonesian people have very little respect for wildlife habitats. Just read the article below about where all the Geckos have gone... SAD!

What is your opinion about his?...

Related links:

Common House Gecko

Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella) 

Gecko Sound | Gecko Effect | Pictures of Geckos - Tokek video link and you can hear its typical call Tokek...