General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

GLASS, METAL BURNER, FIBRE (PROBABLY COTTON) WICK

Dimensions

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

Length

14.5 cm

Width

14.5 cm

Height

30.0 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

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

Canada

AN EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF LIGHT SOURCE USED EXTENSIVELY IN CANADIAN HOUSEHOLDS FROM C.1860 ONWARDS/ THOUGH GRADUALLY DISPLACED BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING IN THE 20TH CENTURY, KEROSENE LAMPS REMAINED AN IMPORTANT LIGHT SOURCE, PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREAS, WELL INTO THE 20TH CENTURY

Function

TO PROVIDE LIGHT

Technical

THE AVAILABILITY OF CHEAP KEROSENE AFTER 1859 MEANT THAT A BRIGHTER, CHEAPER & SAFER SOURCE OF LIGHT WAS AVAILABLE THAN THERE HAD EVER BEEN BEFORE - & IT WAS WITHIN REACH OF MOST PEOPLE

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

HANDWRITTEN ON STICKER '1907'

Missing

CHIMNEY

Finish

TRANSPARENT, COLOURLESS GLASS BODY, BRASS-TONE BURNER, BLACKENED IN SPOTS, OFF-WHITE WICK

Decoration

SLIGHTLY RAISED PETAL PATTERN ON BASE & LOWER HALF OF FRONT (IDENTIFIED AS 'LATE PETAL' IN REF. #1, P.328)