Lighting fixture, gas
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRACKET/WALL/STATIONARY
- DATE
- 1875–1915
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0342.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- 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
- BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.3 cm
- Width
- 2.3 cm
- Height
- 10.0 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
- Ontario
- Period
- CIRCA 1875 +
- Canada
-
TYPE OF GAS LIGHTING DEVICE USED IN CANADIAN URBAN HOMES CIRCA 1875-1925. FROM COLLECTION OF CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TOSUPPLY GAS LIGHTING TO TORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF COMPETITION WITH & LATER REPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER FOR HEATING. THE POSSIBLE SOURCE, MR BERTRAM A. LILLIE, WAS ALREADY LIVING AT 51 TRILLER AVENUE, TORONTO, IN 1921. HE WAS THEN 37 YEARS OLD, WAS MARRIED AND HAD 3 SONS AND 1 DAUGHTER. HE WAS WORKING IN A GARAGE IT SEEMS. THE HOUSE WAS IN BRICKS. HE WAS BORN IN CANADA WHILE HIS PARENTS WERE FROM ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA. - Function
-
LIGHTING DEVICE WHICH PROVIDED LIGHT VIA GAS FLAME. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF STATIONARY GAS BRACKET. SEE SIMILAR GAS BRACKETS FROM 1870'S IN 1876? MITCHELL VANCE CATALOGUE, P. 2. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- WALL PLATE/ BURNER TIP
- Finish
- OBSCURED
- Decoration
- ROPE PATTERN ON TUBE/ ROSETTE DESIGN ON JOINTS/CUT-AWAY DESIGN ON KEY
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, gas, between 1875–1915, Artifact no. 1998.0342, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0342.001/
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