Lighting fixture, exterior

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OBJECT TYPE: WALL/UPRIGHT BURNER
DATE: 1880
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0430.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON/ TIN/ COPPER/ GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 114.0 cm
Width: 61.0 cm
Height: 36.0 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: C. 1880-1968
Canada: FROMCOLLECTION OF CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY GAS LIGHTING TO TORONTO. APPEARS TO BE MODERN VERSION OF LAMPS WHICH ILLUMINATED ENTRANCE TO CONSUMERS' GAS NEW HEAD OFFICE IN 1880. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF COMPETITION WITH & LATER REPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL *
Function: LIGHTING DEVICE WHICH PROVIDED LIGHT VIA GAS FLAME TO LIGHT EXTERIOR OF BUILDING, SPECIFICALLY GAS PRODUCING & DISTRIBUTING COMPANY.
Technical: MODERN REPRODUCTION OF 1880'S LAMP. 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: INDENTED "816" ON FINIAL
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: METAL PAINTED METALLIC GOLD (NOT ORIGINAL)/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS
Decoration: LAMP: ARROW SHAPED FINIAL; GLASS SIDE FRAME STRIPS EXTENEDED TO FORM POINTS; CAST CURVED LINE IN LAMP HOUSING; METAL SPIRALS UNDER LAMP HOUSING/ SUPPORT: IN SHAPE OF SPIRAL WITH FLORAL PATTERN ON UNDERSIDE, FLUTING & SCALLOPS

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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighting fixture, exterior, circa 1880, Artifact no. 1998.0430, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1998.0430.001/

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