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OBJECT TYPE: GAS LAMP
DATE: 1880–1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0431.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: NON-FERROUS METAL (COPPER?)

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 23.0 cm
Height: 28.0 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: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: TYPE OF FINIALS FOUND ON GAS STREET LANTERNS IN CANADA. FROM COLLECTION OF CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY GAS LIGHTING TO TORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF COMPETITION WITH & LATER REPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGANSUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER FOR HEATING.
Function: DECORATIVE PART OF GAS STREET LIGHTING DEVICE.
Technical: EXAMPLES OF DESIGNS OF FINIALS COMMONLY USED AT END OF 19TH, BEGINNING OF 20TH C. FOR GAS STREET LUMINAIRES..1 RESEMBLES FINIAL OF LAMP DATED TO BEFORE 1912 ILLUSTRATED IN CHANDLER (REF. 1). GAS LIGHTING, USING COAL GAS, WAS FIRST USED IN CANADA TO LIGHT STREETS, IN MONTREAL IN 1837 & TORONTO IN 1848. BY 1880S, USE OF ELECTRICITY SPREAD FROM U.S., LATER REPLACING GAS LIGHTING.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: APPEAR COMPLETE
Finish: ORIGINALLY PAINTED BLACK
Decoration: TURNED SECTIONS & SCALLOPED EDGES

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Unknown Manufacturer, Finial, between 1880–1920, Artifact no. 1998.0431, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0431.001/

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