Shade, lamp

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OBJECT TYPE: PRESSED GLASS/2.25 IN. BASE
DATE: 1885–1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0396.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PRESSED GLASS

Dimensions

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

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Width: N/A
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Diameter: N/A
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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: Ontario
Period: CIRCA 1885 +
Canada: TYPE OF SHADE USED ON ELECTRIC LUMINAIRES IN CANADA AT TURN OF 19TH C. 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 BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER FOR *
Function: PART OF LIGHTING FIXTURE WHICH SHIELDS ELECTRIC BULB & DIFFUSES LIGHT INTO SURROUNDING AREA.
Technical: PRESSED GLASS WAS FIRST MFD. IN U.S. IN 1820'S; SUBSEQUENT IMPROVEMENTS IN COMPOSITION OF GLASS MADE IT MUCH CHEAPER BY 1870'S. IN CANADA GLASS MFG. BEGANCIRCA 1840 & BY 1870'S INDUSTRY WAS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED, WITH PRODUCTION EXTENDED TO LAMPWARE. MECHANIZATION OF GLASS PRODUCING PROCESS STARTED IN CDN FIRMS CIRCA 1900.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT
Decoration: PATTERN OF CROSSHATCHED LINES OF RAISED BEADS WITH EACH DIAMOND CONTAINING RAISED OVAL EDGED BY RAISED BEADS, ALL ON PEBBLED GROUND

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Unknown Manufacturer, Shade, lamp, between 1885–1930, Artifact no. 1998.0396, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0396.002/

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