Lamp holder, electric

Description

Lamp holder with copper wire tipped with platinum dipping into mercury contacts in lamp, bulb held by split bush and jamming ring, for Lane-Fox type incandescent electric lamp, late 19th - early 20th century

Museum reference

T.1928.165

Collection

Technology

Object name

Lamp holder, electric

Date

Late 19th - early 20th century

Materials

Metal

Physical description

Copper wire tipped with platinum, mercury contacts

Associations

Eponym: Fox-Pitt, St George William Lane, 1856 - 1932