Lamp, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CEILING/5 SOCKET/SCREW
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1837.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 &.2 METAL, SOCKETS INCLUDE MICA & LINER OF WHAT MAY BE RESIN-IMPREGNATED CARDBOARD/ FIBRE COVERED WIRES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 66.0 cm
- Width
- 66.0 cm
- Height
- 28.0 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
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Unknown - Function
-
TO HOLD & PROVIDE A HOUSING FOR LAMP BULBS & TO CONNECT THEM TO ELECTRICITY, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE LIGHT/ ALSO SERVES AN ORNAMENTAL FUNCTION/ PROBABLY USED IN PROVIDE LIGHT IN LARGE PUBLIC BUILDING, POSSIBLY BRIDGES ETC. - Technical
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STREET LIGHTING & OTHER EXTERIOR LIGHTING EQUIPMENT BECAME MORE ORNATE AROUND 1910/ THIS PIECE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT TREND - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 &.2 SOCKETS MK'D '60 C.P. 250 VOLTS/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.'
- Missing
- .1 & .2 ARE MISSING GLOBES (5 EA.)/ BOTH ALSO HAVE PTS (UNKNOWN EXACTLY WHAT) MISSING FROM CENTRE
- Finish
- .1-.2 BRASS & BLACK COLOUR, ORIGINAL FINISH APPEARSTO HAVE DISCOLOURED
- Decoration
- .1-.2 HIGHLY ORNAMENTED, INCLUDES SCROLL SHAPES ON BRACKET ARMS, CUPS FOR SOCKETS HAVE LOWER CUP WITH ACANTHUS LEAVES, UPPER SECTION IS ELONGATED FLOWER SHAPE/ CENTRAL 'HUB' HAS BORDER IN EGG & DART PATTERN
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lamp, electric, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.1837, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1837.001/
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