Ancient Electrics

We bought a vintage bakelite mushroom ceiling lamp online.
When it arrived I discovered the fitting was missing.

The plan is to use it as a standing/table lamp on top of our old piano.

We'll we able to screw it on top as a safety measure for our cats.

When I visited my parents yesterday morning my father, still in his pyjama
and robe, started searching his garage trying to find an appropriate fitting.

I also visited 3 electric shops but nobody, not even my dad, was able to help me.

The current standards don't fit and old-fashioned bakelite parts are hard to find.

But just before I fell asleep 💡
- I have to check the old bakelite barn lamps I once bought -

Niko no. 6020, 6020, spare glass, Niko no. 6263 eagle-eyed and sniffed by Nim

It turned into a small collection over the years ☺︎

And YES it seems I do have one bakelite and porcelain fitting!

Check!

Now I just need some sturdy electric cable (Nim likes to chew on electric cables)

and a bakelite switch and plug. To be continued...

Ancient

This front door is probably not as old as it appears to be......

Sun Cross

Twenty years ago I found this stone in an ancient forrest.

Laying on the side of an eroded path in the east of France.

I picked it up and it just felt good too hold it in my hand.
When I saw the engraving I expected it to be something special.

The cross within a circle is probably the oldest symbol of the world.
Could this be a (bit wobbly) solar cross or sun cross?

● The wheel on my pebble isn't complete.
Only two opposite quaters have a rim......
But the wheel cross with four spokes in time lost its rim and became a 'real' cross.

● There seem to be traces of black paint........

On the internet I found this article "Canna Rocks".

Altough the stone is much bigger (25 cm diameter) than my stone (5,5-6,5 cm)

I thought there were similarities like stone colouring and black traces of paint.

But the bigger stone has a much clearly engraved early Christian cross.

In this article I found the word bullaun.

Now I'm convinced I found a water-smoothed pebble

that might have been used as a curse-stone or cure-stone.
And all this time I had my own cure-stone :)

If you have some information for me......... please leave a comment!