General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

NICKLED BRASS/ GLASS LENS AND "JEWELS"/ FISH TAIL CERAMIC BURNER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

12.5 cm

Width

9.9 cm

Height

7.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Non-motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Cycles & cycling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Badger

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Wisconsin

City

Kenosha

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

WOULD HAVE BEEN PURCHASED BETWEEN 1915 AND 1917 AND PROBABLY USED UP TO THE 1930S

Canada

REFLECTS THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE & THE POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY/ ALSO IS PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION

Function

TO PROVIDE LIGHT - ATTACHED TO BICYCLE TO PROVIDE BOTH LIGHT FOR RIDER TO SEE BY & TO PROVIDE WHITE & RED WARNING LIGHTS/ MIGHT ALSO HAVE BEEN USED AS A CARRIAGE LAMP

Technical

THIS LATER VERSION OF THE MODEL HAS THE WATER RESERVOIR ON THE LEFT OF THE LENS; A RED JEWEL IS AT THE BACK AND A WHITE JEWEL IS AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LENS. THERE IS NO REFLECTOR

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

EMBOSSED ON TOP 'SOLAR', EMBOSSED ON SIDE 'THE BADGER BRASS MFG. CO./ MODEL/ S/ SOLAR/ KENOSHA, WIS. U.S.A.'/ ENGRAVED ON BOTTOM 'PAT. IN U.S. FEB. 1, 1896/ JAN.31,1899/ FEB.7.1899/ " " ENGLAND/ FEB.4,1896/ MAY 12, 1898/ " " CANADA/ JUN. 15, 1899'

Missing

ORIGINAL BRACKET/ TOP FILLER FOR WATER RESERVOIR

Finish

NICKELED BRASS - CORRODED/ WHITE AND RED "JEWELS"

Decoration

ON TOP, SURROUNDING LETTERING, IS EMBOSSED DESIGN OF SCROLLS & CURLS/ ON SIDE WITH MFR'S INFORMATION IS CIRCLE AROUND 'S' IN CENTRE & RAYS COMING OUT FROM THIS WITH SYMBOLS AT ENDS