Lantern, candle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE/TELESCOPING
- DATE
- 1850
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1785.001
- MANUFACTURER
- WOLFF, M.A.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, PROBABLY NICKEL PLATED, WAX/.2 MICA & METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.2 cm
- Width
- 5.2 cm
- Height
- 14.2 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
- Wolff
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PROVIDE A PORTABLE STYLE OF HOUSING FOR A CANDLE - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DESIGNS OF LIGHTING DEVICES USED IN THE 19TH CENTURY BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF CHEAP KEROSENE FOR USE IN LAMPS IN 1859/ AFTER THIS TIME MANY OF THESE EARLIER DESIGNS WERE DISCARDED (REF. 2 & 3) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 STAMPED IN TOP 'MAW/ LONDON' & HAND-SCRATCHED IN 'RSM'/ STAMPED ON BACK APPEARS TO BE 'COB'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 SILVER COLOUR, SOMEWHAT BLACKENED INSIDE/.2 BRASS COLOUR EDGING, SLIGHTLY GREY-BROWN, TRANSPARENT WINDOW
- Decoration
- .1 AROUND LOWER EDGE HASPATTERN OF CUT-OUT TRIANGLES/ BOTTOM OF BASE HAS SERIES OF CONCENTRIC CIRCLES RAISED IN IT
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WOLFF, M.A., Lantern, candle, circa 1850, Artifact no. 1992.1785, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1785.001/
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