The support or spud (10) is of refractory metal wire in the shape of a ring (12) with a loop (14, 16) on each side. It radially aligns and provides electricity to a filament (24) in eg. a double ended tungsten halogen lamp. The spud has a leg (18, 20) extending from the end of each loop, one (20) of which is attached to the filament and the other (15) forming part of an inlead assembly. This spud is particularly useful with relatively small size double ended tungsten-halogen lamps having an infrared reflecting coating on the surface of the vitreous filament chamber.