Shade, lamp
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- OBJECT TYPE
- OPAL/CRIMPED/4 IN. BASE
- DATE
- 1885–1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0395.001
- 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
- OPALESCENT 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
- 20.4 cm
- Height
- 4.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lighting device parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- CIRCA 1885 +
- Canada
-
TYPE OF SHADE USED IN LIGHTING CANADIAN HOMES CIRCA 1875-1925. FROM COLLECTION OF CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY GAS LIGHTING TO TORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF COMPETITION WITH & LATERREPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER FOR HEATING. - Function
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PART OF LIGHTING FIXTURE WHICH SHIELDS GAS FLAME OR ELECTRIC BULB & DIFFUSES LIGHT INTO SURROUNDING AREA. - Technical
-
OPAL SHADES WERE POPULAR FOR EARLY ELECTRIC HANGING FIXTURES; THEY WERE USED FOR EITHER GAS OR ELECTRIC FIXTURES. GAS LIGHTING, USING COAL GAS, WAS FIRST USED IN CANADIAN CITIES TO LIGHT STREETS, FIRST IN MONTREAL IN 1837 & IN TORONTO IN 1848, & LATER FOR INTERIOR LIGHTING AS WELL. BY 1880S, USE OF ELECTRICITY HAD SPREAD TO CANADA FROM U.S., EVENTUALLY REPLACING GAS LIGHTING. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- .2 PIECE BROKEN OF UPPER RIM
- Finish
- WHITE
- Decoration
- CRIMPED
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Unknown Manufacturer, Shade, lamp, between 1885–1920, Artifact no. 1998.0395, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0395.001/
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