SPF brand flashlight, a French manufacturer of lighting equipment active in the 1950s-1970s. Bright blue lacquered metal casing, hinged opening. Chromed parabolic reflector with incandescent bulb. Slide switch on the side. Chromed metal carrying handle on the back, with a clip clasp. Battery compartment accessible via the front opening, gilded brass contacts in working order. Metal free from deformation, operational mechanism. SPF then embodied robust and meticulous French manufacturing, designed to last. This lacquered electric blue, intact after sixty years, speaks volumes about the quality of the original finish. A utilitarian object that has become graphic, to be displayed on a shelf or in a cabinet for collectors of vintage industrial objects.
Additional details:
- Brand: SPF
- Colour: Chromé
- Period: années 60