Bulb, Light
- Object Name:
- Bulb, Light
- Object ID:
- 1992.500.02
- Creator:
- General Electric Company
- Date:
- circa 1911
- Description:
- Bulb, electric light. Glass and metal. Rounded, inverted tear-drop shape, clear glass lamp body with a sealed, pointed glass nub on top. Long glass column on inside that supports five very fine radiating filament arms at its base and at its top. Very fine (almost invisible) filament threads connect ends of arms. Two wires feed out through the sealed column and go into base section. Edison-base is made of brass that has been rolled to create threads. Dark glass insulator section at bottom of threaded area. At end of insulator is black brass disc with soldered wire connection. "4CO" embossed on base of glass column. "EDISON / MAZDA" stenciled on exterior of glass body.
- Material:
- Glass
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-4.75 Dia-2 inches
- Provenance:
- Found lying in bottom of skylight over kitchen, east wing, second floor of NHHS Library, 08/20/2014. May have been in the skylight when the building was completed in 1911.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Collection
- Subjects:
- Light bulbs
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