"Ever-Ready" Electric Torch

"Ever-Ready" Electric Torch, dry battery type, in original carton with bulb, marked U.S. Patent Jan.10.1899, and U.S. Patent Jan.3.1899 circa 1900-1910

Details

Category:
Lighting
Object Number:
1978-132
type:
torch
credit:
Sotheby's (Belgravia)

Parts

"Ever-Ready" Electric Torch

"Ever-Ready" Electric Torch

"Ever-Ready" Electric Torch, dry battery type, marked U.S. Patent Jan.10.1899, and U.S. Patent Jan.3.1899, circa 1900-1910.

Object Number:
1978-132/1
type:
torch
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Carton for "Ever-Ready" Electric Torch

Carton for "Ever-Ready" Electric Torch

Original carton, tube-shaped, for "Ever-Ready" Electric Torch, circa 1900-1910.

Object Number:
1978-132/2
type:
carton
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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