Lighting fixture, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WALL/1 SOCKET/SCREW FITTING
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1799.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Alwyn
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, SYNTHETIC, CARDBOARD IN SOCKET
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 16.5 cm
- Height
- 16.5 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
- Alwyn
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO SUPPORT & PROVIDE A HOUSING FOR A LAMP BULB & TO CONNECT IT TO ELECTRICITY - USED TOGETHER TO PROVIDE LIGHT - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A NON-ORNAMENTAL, PURELY FUNCTIONAL STYLE OF LAMP - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED IN BACK PLATE 'ALWYN'/ IN SOCKET 'C.G.E. Co. LTD./ 660W. 250V.'
- Missing
- MIGHT BE MEANT TO BE USED WITH A GLOBE OR SHADE WHICH IS NOW MISSING
- Finish
- CHROME-LIKE FINISH ON HOUSING, BROWN CORD & PLUG, BLACK & RED SWITCH BUTTON
- Decoration
- N/A
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Alwyn, Lighting fixture, electric, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.1799, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1799.001/
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