General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FERROUS & SOME NON-FERROUS METAL, CERAMIC, PAPER, FABRIC COVERED WIRES

Dimensions

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

Length

13.0 cm

Width

5.3 cm

Height

24.0 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

CF

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS GENERAL STYLE OF FIXTURE POPULAR FROM C.1900, REACHING ITS PEAK OF POPULARITY IN THE 1920'S

Canada

TYPE OF WALL LIGHT USED IN CANADIAN HOUSEHOLDS IN THE EARLY PART OF THE TWENTHIETH CENTURY, PARTICULARLY FOR LOCALIZED LIGHT IN ROOMS SUCH AS BEDROOMS & LIVING ROOMS

Function

TO HOLD A LAMP BULB & CONNECT IT TO ELECTRICITY/ ALSO SERVES AS A DECORATIVE ACCESSORY/ USED FOR INTERIOR LIGHTING

Technical

EXAMPLE OF HOW STYLES OF EQUIPMENT USED FOR CANDLE LIGHTING WERE CARRIED OVER TO BE USED IN EARLY ELECTRIC LIGHTING

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

STAMPED ON BACK 'CFC/ 2715'/ DECAL (?) 'CESA STANDARDELECTRIC FIXTURE/ L.A. 4166 SER.C.1./ C.F. CO./ APPROVED BY/ HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER COMM.'/ ON SWITCH 'ARROW/ HART&HEGEMAN/ 30212/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ ON SOCKET 'AMALGAMATED/ ELECTRIC'

Missing

PROBABLY MISSING SOME SORT OF COVERING FOR SOCKET

Finish

APPEARS PLATED IN COPPER COLOUR, SOME AREAS APPEAR BLACK/ BASE OF SOCKET GREY-WHITE, BROWN CARDBOARD ON TOP

Decoration

CONSIDERABLE ORNAMENTATION - RAISED/ INCLUDES SCALLOPS, LEAVES, BORDERS, ACORN SHAPE AT BOTTOM