Lighting fixture, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WALL/2 SOCKET/SCREW FITTING
- DATE
- 1896
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1804.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.2 METAL, CERAMIC & CHARRED PAPER IN SOCKETS, WOOD BACK PLATE ON.2, BROKEN PIECE OF WOOD STILL ATTACHED TO.1, PROBABLY SYNTHETIC COVERED WIRES/.3 GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.0 cm
- Width
- 30.5 cm
- Height
- 15.5 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO HOLD LAMP BULBS, PROVIDE A HOUSING FOR THEM & CONNECT THEM TO ELECTRICAL SUPPLY - IN ORDER TO PROVIDE LIGHT - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF DOMESTIC LIGHTING EQUIPMENT USED IN THE 1ST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 ON SOCKETS 'C.G.E./ 660W/ PATENTED'/.1-.2 ON GLOBE HOLDERS 'PAT'D DEC.9 90 SEPT.29 96'
- Missing
- 3 OF THE 4 SHADES REQUIRED FOR THESE TWO LAMPS ARE MISSING
- Finish
- .1-.2 BRASS COLOUR FINISH,.1 HAS SATIN TYPE FINISH,.2 FINISH IS DULL & SPLOTCHY/.3 TRANSPARENT, LIGHTLY FROSTED
- Decoration
- SLIGHTLY RAISED TONE-ON-TONE DESIGN OF FLOWERS AND LEAVES
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, electric, after 1896, Artifact no. 1992.1804, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1804.001/
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