Lighting fixture, gas & electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WALL/SCONCE/SCREW FITTING
- DATE
- 1896–1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1798.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, PROBABLY SYNTHETIC SWITCH KEY, POSSIBLY RUBBER CONNECTOR FOR GAS/.2 GLASS/.3 METAL/.4 GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.0 cm
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- 15.0 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
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- 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
-
SERVES TO HOLD A LAMP BULB & CONNECT IT TO ELECTRICAL SUPPLY, & TO PROVIDE AN OUTLET FOR GAS - BOTH IN ORDER TO PRODUCE LIGHT - 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 UNUSUAL OCCURENCE IN THE EARLY DAYS OFELECTRICITY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 ON GLOBE HOLDER 'PATD.DEC.9.90 SEPT.29.96.'/ IN SOCKET '250.V-50.C.P.'/ ON SWITCH KEY 'ALPHA'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 SILVERTONE FINISH, BLACKENED AROUND GAS JET, BLACK SWITCH KEY/.2 TRANSLUSCENT WHITE/.3 SILVERTONE FINISH, BLACKENED IN PLACES/.4 COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT, MOSTLY PEBBLED FINISH
- Decoration
- .1 GAS JET QUITE ORNAMENTED, INCLUDES STAR SHAPE IN CIRCLE, PATTERNS OF VERTICAL, HORIZONTAL & DIAGONAL RIDGES/ 2 GROOVES RUN AROUND COLLAR, 2 MORE AROUND BACK 'PLATE'/.2 HAS RIDGES OR 'RUFFLED' SHAPE (MAY ALSO BE FUNCTIONAL - TO DISTRIBUTE LIGHT)/.4 RAISED PATTERN OF FLOWERS & LEAVES, SCALLOPED EDGE WITH PATTERN OF TREFOIL SHAPES AROUND IT/.3 EACH OF 3 'SPOKES' HAVE A RAISED LINE RUNNING DOWN IT, SPLITS IN 2 AT EACH END
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, gas & electric, after 1896–1920, Artifact no. 1992.1798, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1798.001/
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