General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, APPEARS MOSTLY BRASS, SYNTHETIC KEYS, FIBRE COVERED WIRE

Dimensions

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

Length

60.0 cm

Width

42.0 cm

Height

118.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Lighting Technology

Category

Lighting devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

COMBINATION GAS & ELECTRIC LAMPS WERE USED FROM THE 1880'S INTO THE EARLY DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Canada

Part of the Ontario Hydro Collection. This collection was acquired by the CSTM in 1992. It documents the material culture of the history of electricity and its uses.

Function

USED TO PROVIDE INTERIOR LIGHTING IN A DECORATIVE FORM

Technical

COMBINATION GAS & ELECTRIC LAMPS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO USE ELECTRIC LIGHT WITHOUT GIVING UP THE OPTION OF USING GAS IN CASE OF AN ELECTRICAL OUTAGE - A NOT UNUSUALOCCURENCE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF ELECTRICITY

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

KEYS ON 3 SOCKETS 'G.E. CO.'

Missing

no

Finish

DULL BRASS COLOUR, BLACK KEYS ON SOCKETS

Decoration

ON UPPER PT OF COLUMN IS SERIES OF VERTICAL RIDGES, LOWER PT HAS OPEN SCROLLWORK DESIGN/ LEAF PATTERN RELIEF BELOW SCONCES, ENDING IN A SCROLLWORK ORNAMENT, OTHER SCROLLWORK ORNAMENTS BETWEEN SCONCES