Shade, lamp

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OBJECT TYPE: reflector/holophane/ribbed
DATE: 1912
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.3079.001

MANUFACTURER: Franklin
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Glass

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: 8.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 15.6 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Lighting Technology
Category: Lighting device parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Franklin
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Circa 1912+
Canada: Part of a large and varied collection of over 7500 electrical items acquired and documented by Ontario Hydro in the 1960s. The collection was thought to be the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in Canada and was donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in 1992.
Function: A part of an electric lighting fixture which shields the lamp bulb and diffuses the light produced by the lamp into the surrounding area
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Raised lettering reads 'FRANKLIN PAT MAY 16 1905 DESIGN PAT. MAY 2 1905
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Colourless and transparent
Decoration: Ribbed

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Franklin, Shade, lamp, circa 1912, Artifact no. 1992.3079, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.3079.001/

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