From Egg Timer to Icon - The Original Mathmos Lava Lamp

Edward Craven-Walker was inspired to invent the Lava Lamp after seeing an egg timer with a blob of liquid that rose to indicate the egg was ready. After years of perfecting his design, the Lava Lamp (or Astro Lamp as it was then known) went on sale in 1963. It was soon exported all over the world and became one of the most recognisable icons of the period. Amazingly they are still manufactured in Poole, Dorset, on the original factory site and are quite simply the best quality you can get. Large (44cm tall), with burnished metal base and cap, the glass lamp illuminates the purple liquid and pinky / red 'lava' that rises in psychedelic swirling patterns. Hypnotic and soothing, it creates a warming ambience that makes it easy to see why it's endured for more than 45 years.

Features

• 44cm
• Bright two-tone pink/purple liquids