Wow, some lovely vintage lamps! That's quite a collection, John.
Since I mentioned them earlier, I thought I'll post some pictures of vintage 1980s miniature fluorescent lamps intended as replacements for filament bulbs. Two of these consist of an adaptor containing the wirewound ballast inductor and a separate replaceable tube. This made economic sense, since the wirewound ballast is expensive but seldom fails. The customer only has to buy it once, then just replace the tube when necessary.
First up - a Thorn 2D fluorescent tube and BC adaptor, made in Great Britain, shown separately then coupled together. The size and weight of this combination prevented it from fitting many lights, hence the adaptors quickly disappeared from the market and are rare. The tubes became successful in specially designed fittings. They're a common sight in council blocks of flats, lighting up the corridors and alleyways.
Next - a Sylvania Lynx Diamant, made in West Germany. The long, thin PL-S fluorescent tube is still in its packaging; I've removed the ES adaptor for a closer look. Again, the PL adaptors are rare: I haven't seen one or a 2D adaptor anywhere else on the Internet.
Finally the Sylvania adaptor is shown next to a Philips SL-18 bulb. I think this was the first all-in-one compact fluorescent bulb. Like the 2D and Lynx, it uses a heavy wirewound ballast, but the tube cannot be replaced separately. You have to throw the whole thing away when it fails - the shape of things to come
All of these vintage fluorescent lamps still work. They were not a success in their day due to the high initial cost. Also they were bulky and heavy - when used in a table lamp, it could become unstable and topple over. The later generation CFL bulbs used an electronic ballast, but they had a slow start / warm-up time compared to these old ones.