Lighting fixture, gas

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OBJECT TYPE: PENDANT/2 JET/FISHTAIL BURNER
DATE: 1860
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0421.001

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: .1-.2 BRASS, WITH IRON CENTRE TUBES, TIN PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 93.0 cm
Width: 51.0 cm
Height: 11.0 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: TYPE OF LUMINAIRE PROBABLY USED GENERALLY IN CANADIAN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. 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 ELECTRICLIGHTING, CG BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER *
Function: LIGHTING DEVICE ATTACHED TO CEILING WHICH PROVIDED LIGHT VIA GAS FLAME.
Technical: 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: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE APPARENT
Missing: .1 SHADE HOLDERS, SHADES/ .2 MISSING ARMS & BURNERS ETC. BUT IS IN BETTER CONDITION THAN .1
Finish: GOLD COLOURED
Decoration: CABLE ROD PATTERN ON TUBE & ARMS/ RADIATING GROOVES FROM TOP & BOTTOM OF ORBS/ PROXIMAL ENDS OF ARMS END IN SPIRALS/ CUTAWAY KEYS

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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, gas, circa 1860, Artifact no. 1998.0421, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1998.0421.001/

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