Lamp, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- EXTERIOR/INCAND./4 SCKT/SCREW FIT
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1742.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, CERAMIC SOCKETS, PROBABLY SYNTHETIC OR RESIN COVERED WIRES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 65.5 cm
- Width
- 63.0 cm
- Height
- 82.0 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
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS STYLE OF LUMINAIRE SOLD AT LEAST FROM 1910-1930
- Canada
-
TYPE OF ORNAMENTAL LUMINAIRE USED IN CANADIAN TOWNS & CITIES - Function
-
TO PROVIDE AN ORNAMENTAL HOLDER FOR LAMPS & TO CONNECT THEM TO ELECTRICITY - Technical
-
STREET LIGHTING LUMINAIRES BECAME MORE ORNAMENTAL C.1910, PARTICULARLY THOSE USED WITH INCANDESCENT LAMPS/ THIS TREND WAS PART OF THE 'CITY BEAUTIFICATION' MOVEMENT WHICH GREW IN IMPORTANCEAFTER ITS PROMOTION DURING THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR IN 1893 - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 RAISED ON SOCKETS 'BRYANT', '250V', '660W'
- Missing
- 3 other globes. According to catalog, they should be of white diffusing glass, size 6 in X 10 in.
- Finish
- .1 PAINTED SILVER-GREY, CHIPPED IN PLACES/ SOCKETS GLAZED WHITE, METAL INSIDE SOCKET HOLDERS APPEARS UNFINISHED & BROWN IN COLOUR, BRASSTONE HARDWARE/.2 BLUE STRIPED EFFECT, SOME STRIPES APPEAR MORE TRANSPARENT THAN OTHERS
- Decoration
- .1 HIGHLY ORNAMENTED INCLUDING SCROLLWORK, STYLIZED LEAF PATTERNS EITHER SLIGHTLY RAISED OR SLIGHTLY INSET/ DOWNWARD SPIKES HAVE VERTICAL GROOVES, AT END OF LONGEST SPIKE IS A SMALL GRIFFIN-LIKE FIGURE/.2 TWO-TONE BLUE SWIRLS
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lamp, electric, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1992.1742, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1742.001/
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