Original Mathmos Astro Baby Medium size Lava lamp

Original Mathmos lava lamp from the Uk item in good condition and is 100% in working condition .Mathmos were the inventors of the lava lamp back in the 60's these items are highly collectable .

Mathmos invented the product group known as the lava lamp. Mathmos lava lamps have been manufactured in Britain since 1963, and are one of the few products to have remained in continuous British production for nearly 50 years.

The original lava lamp the "Astro" was invented by the founder of Mathmos Edward Craven-Walker in 1963. His invention was based on an invention for an egg timer by a Mr. Dunnett. Edward Craven Walker spent years perfecting his invention for lava lamps and then marketing them world wide during the 1960s and 1970s.

Originally called Astro Lamps and know widely known as lava lamps, these lamps became an icon of British Pop Design and of the swinging 60s. Mr Craven-Walker remained a consultant at Mathmos, perfecting the unique Mathmos lava lamp formula, until his sad death in 2000.