General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Brass light fixture.

Dimensions

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

Length

79.0 cm

Width

59.0 cm

Height

10.5 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

ca. late 1890's +

Canada

Type of gasolier used in Canadian interiors, particularly in retail stores. From collection of Consumers' Gas of Toronto, incorporated in 1848 to supply gas lighting to Toronto. After 1880, in face of competition with and later replacement by electric lighting, CG began supplying gas as fuel for domestic appliances & later for heating.

Function

Lighting device which provided light via a gas flame.

Technical

Welsbach mantle was introduced in 1887 and consisted of cotton soaked in thorium and ceria. Coupled with Bunsen burner invented by von Bunsen, it produced very successful gas light which could compete with new electric lamp.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Incised lettering on burner reads: "WELSBACH/ TRADE MARK REG'D." & "PAT. OCT. 6,'96"; INCISED LETTERING ON BURNER PART READS "WELSBACH/ TRADE MARK REG'D."

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Gold-coloured metal lighting fixture.

Decoration

Rope pattern on tube sections; crosses on connectors and keys; radiating grooves on centre ball which has row of raised beads encircling centre; flat metal strips form curved ribbon-like ornaments, twisted at centre and each terminating in scalloped edged cup.