Wooden case containing a large light bulb mounted on a wooden base

Made:
1945 in England and London

Electric lamp in a wooden case, made by S. E. Flicroft, London, 1945.

Large, pear shaped glass bulb with Goliath Edison screw cap and a coiled wire filament mounted in vertical zig-zag in a horizontal semi-circle on six supports rising from a central column. Mounted on a wooden base, and stored in a rectangular wooden case with a leather handle.

Details

Category:
Lighting
Object Number:
Y7000.3112
Materials:
glass, brass (copper, zinc alloy), tungsten (metal), mica, ceramic (unspecified), wood (unidentified) and leather
Measurements:
overall (bulb): 338 mm 170 mm, 5 kg
type:
light bulb - lamp, incandescent: gas-filled