Lamp, oil
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- OBJECT TYPE
- KEROSENE/FLAT WICK/HAND
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1788.001
- MANUFACTURER
- White Flame Light Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
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
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White Flame Light Co., Lamp, oil, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1992.1788, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1788.001/
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