General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 GLASS, METAL, PROBABLY COTTON WICK/.2 GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length

18.2 cm

Width

14.5 cm

Height

32.0 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

White

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

AN EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF LIGHT SOURCE USED EXTENSIVELY IN CANADIAN HOUSEHOLDS FROM C.1860 ONWARDS/ THOUGH GRADUALLY DISPLACED BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING IN THE 20TH CENTURY, KEROSENE LAMPS REMAINED AN IMPORTANT LIGHT SOURCE, PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREAS, WELL INTO THE 20TH CENTURY.

Function

TO PROVIDE LIGHT

Technical

THE AVAILABILITY OF CHEAP KEROSENE AFTER 1859 MEANT THAT A BRIGHTER, CHEAPER & SAFER SOURCE OF LIGHT WAS AVAILABLE THAN EVER HAD BEEN BEFORE - & IT WAS WITHIN REACH OF MOST PEOPLE/ THE BURNER ON THIS LAMP IS OF THE ATWOOD TYPE INVENTED1873 WHICH BECAUSE OF SIMPLICITY OF CONSTRUCTION & EFFICIENCY OF OPERATION BECAME THE STANDARD FLAT-WICK BURNER IN NORTH AMERICA.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 RAISED ON DEFLECTOR 'WHITE FLAME LIGHT CO. GRAND RAPIDS MICH' & WHITE-FLAME' ABOVE/ ON WICK ADJUSTING SCREW 'MADE IN U.S.A.'

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1 TRANSPARENT, COLOURLESS GLASS, AMBER COLOUR DEPOSITS IN BOTTOM/ SILVER COLOUR BURNER WITH BRASSTONE COLLAR & FONT CAP/ BUFF COLOUR WICK/.2 TRANSPARENT, COLOURLESS

Decoration

.1 RIB SCALLOP PATTERN ON LOWER HALF/ CAP FOR FILLING FONT HAS RAISED PATTERN OF SCROLLS & HEART SHAPES/.2 BEADED PATTERN AROUND TOP