Lighting fixture, gas & electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CEILING/SCREW FITTING/3 SOCKET/3 JETS
- DATE
- 1885–1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1814.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, CERAMIC IN SOCKETS, BAKELITE SOCKET KEYS, FIBRE COVERED WIRING/.2-.4 GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 123.0 cm
- Width
- 66.0 cm
- Height
- 39.0 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
- Unknown
- Period
- COMBINATION GAS & ELECTRIC LAMPS WERE USED FROM THE 1880'S INTO THE EARLY DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY
- Canada
-
Part of the Ontario Hydro Collection. This collection was acquired by the CSTM in 1992. It documents the material culture of the history of electricity and its uses. - Function
-
TO PRODUCE LIGHT BY PROVIDING AN OUTLET FOR GAS & BY PROVIDING A HOUSING FOR ELECTRIC LAMPS & CONNECTING THEM TO ELECTRICITY/ ALSO SERVES A DECORATIVE FUNCTION - Technical
-
COMBINATION GAS & ELECTRIC LAMPS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO USE ELECTRIC LIGHT WITHOUT GIVING UP THE OPTION OF USING GAS IN CASE OF AN ELECTRICAL OUTAGE - A NOT UNUSUALOCCURENCE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF ELECTRICITY. THE PATENT DATE REFERS TO A SHADE HOLDER PATENT NO. 437,008 PRESENTED BY LEWIS A. ATWOOD OF THE COMPANY PLUME & ATWOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY SITUATED IN WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 ON SOCKETS 'EDISON PATENTS', ON 2 SWITCH KEYS 'G.E. CO.' & ON 3RD 'ALPHA'/ ON SHADE HOLDERS 'PAT'D SEP.23.90' & 'MADE IN U.S.A.'
- Missing
- .1 SHADES FOR GAS JETS/ 2 OF 3 SCROLL SHAPES TO FIT UNDER GAS - JET ARMS/ .4 HAS PIECE BROKEN OUT OF IT
- Finish
- .1 MOSTLY BLACK WITH SOME COPPER COLOURED PATCHES/ BRASS COLOUR INSIDE SOCKETS, INSULATORS WHITE, UNGLAZED/ BUFF COLOUR WIRING/.2-.4 TRANSPARENT, MOSTLY FROSTED WITH SOME NON-FROSTED SECTIONS ALONG RIDGES OF FLUTING & LOWER EDGE
- Decoration
- .1 ON TOP OF ARMS FOR GAS JETS ARE FLONGATED ACANTHUS LEAVES, BELOW ARMS SHOULD FIT BEADED SCROLL SHAPE - NONE STILL ATTACHED, BUT ONE IS WITH LAMP, MK'D AS 'PT'/ GAS KEYS HEART SHAPED WITH SCROLLS/ MAIN BODY HAS BEADED DESIGN IN PETAL PATTERN OVERLAID ON IT - ABOVE ARM 'HUB' A BEADED FLOWER DESIGN PROJECTS OUT/ COLLARS FOR SHADE HOLDERS HAVE VINE & BERRY DESIGN AROUND THEM/.2-.4 FLUTED SHAPE
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, gas & electric, between 1885–1910, Artifact no. 1992.1814, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1814.001/
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