General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, HAS CERAMIC & MICA IN SOCKETS, PROBABLY BAKELITE SWITCH KEYS/ APPEARS TO BE PAPER AROUND ONE SOCKET

Dimensions

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

Length

84.0 cm

Width

39.0 cm

Height

27.0 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

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO HOLD & PROVIDE A HOUSING FOR LAMP BULBS & TO CONNECT THEM TO ELECTRICITY - IN ORDER TO PRODUCE LIGHT

Technical

EXAMPLE OF A DECORATIVE DOMESTIC LIGHTING FIXTURE/ THE USE OF ELECTRICITY FOR HOME LIGHTING GOES BACK TO THE 1880'S, BUT DID NOT BECOME WIDESPREAD UNTIL THE EARLY DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

SLIGHTLY RAISED ONPT AT TOP OF STEM 'SOLID MICA INSULATING JOINT./ MAN BY W.T.C. MACALLEN CO.'/ ON SWITCH KEYS 'ALPHA'

Missing

SHADEHOLDERS & SHADES, APPEARS TO BE MISSING PTS FOR AT LEAST 2 OF THE SOCKETS

Finish

BLACK WITH COPPER COLOUR HIGHLIGHTS, APPEARS UNFINISHED/ SOCKETS INCLUDE BRASS COLOUR, UNGLAZED WHITE CERAMIC PTS, BLACK SWITCH KEYS

Decoration

SEVERAL CURVED RIDGES OF CEILING 'CUP', CLOSE TO MAIN BODY 'CUP' FORMED OF ACANTHUS LEAF SHAPES/ CUT-OUT SCROLLS WITHIN CURVE OF ARMS/ LOWER CONE-SHAPED ORNAMENT PATTERNED WITH HEART SHAPES ENCLOSING LEAVES, SCALLOPED SURFACE, SMALL BALL SHAPE ON END