lamp mantle
Datecirca 1900
Inventory Number1998-1-0147
ClassificationLamp
Subject
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensionscase: 11.4 × 4 × 4 cm (4 1/2 × 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionA small mantle that was added to a gas lamp. An oval-curved rod was used to install and remove the mantle inside a lamp's burner. A cardboard case is used to store this instrument. The top of the case cover is inscribed with the number "374".
It was used with the burner 1998-1-0267 or similar ones.
It was used with the burner 1998-1-0267 or similar ones.
Signedunsigned
Welsbach Company
Date: 1900-1930
Accessories: cardboard tubes containing individually wrapped mantles (17); box
Object number: 1998-1-1585
Charles Collins
Date: circa 1875
Accessories: case
Object number: 1250
John Browning
Date: circa 1880
Accessories: case
Object number: 1193
Eastman Kodak Company
Date: 1895-1910
Accessories: small metal cup (fount) to hold kerosene, amber and red glass filters
Object number: 1997-1-0863
American Meter Company
Date: circa 1901
Object number: 1997-1-1599
Carl Zeiss (Oberkochen)
Date: 1956-1958
Object number: 2015-1-0003
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