Lighting fixture, gas & electric

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OBJECT TYPE: WALL/SCONCE/BATSWING
DATE: 1910
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0410.001

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 BODY/ BRASS & MICA SOCKET WITH GALVANISED RUBBER? KEY/ CLOTH? COVERED WIRE

Dimensions

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

Length: 21.5 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Height: 23.5 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: C. 1910
Canada: TYPE OF LUMINAIRE USED IN URBAN CANADIAN HOUSEHOLDS. FROM COLLECTION OF CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY GASLIGHTING 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.
Function: LIGHTING DEVICE WHICH PROVIDED LIGHT EITHER BY ELECTRIC BULB OR BY GAS FLAME, OR BY COMBINATION OF TWO.
Technical: FOR ABOUT 4 DECADES AFTER INTRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY FOR LIGHTING CIRCA 1880, LAMP MFRS. PRODUCED GAS-ELECTRIC LUMINAIRES. ELECTRICITY WAS RELATIVELY NEW & UNRELIABLE SO IF IT FAILED, GAS ALONE COULD BE USED TO PROVIDE LIGHT. AFTER 1900, COMBINATION LUMINAIRES WERE MAINLY IN MEDIUM TO LOW PRICE RANGE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LETTERING ON SOCKET READS "AMALGAMATED/ 660W 25OV/ HEPC APPR."
Missing: SHADE HOLDERS, SHADES
Finish: GOLD COLOURED
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, gas & electric, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1998.0410, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0410.001/

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