Discover different methods of lighting private and public spaces through history, from early shell and stone lighting methods right up to modern gas and electric lighting.
Lighting
Carbon filament light bulb with no cap, c. 1888
c. 1938
Anglepoise table lamp, made in England by Herbert Terry and Sons Limited, Redditch. c. 1938.
Splinter Holder for pole mounting from Bavaria, 1911
Stand with two extinguishers
Iron rushlight or splinter holder
Ribbon iron hanging frame and dish for transparent cover
Iron Candelabrum from Madrid, 1911
Iron double Candelabrum
Early example of a Swan Electric Incandescent lamp Holder
Swan's patent lamp holders to fit gasoliers, a union between gas brackets and fittings; Faraday & Sons Lampholders; Woodhouse and Rawson's Lampholders; Vitrite Lampholders; Goolden's and Trotter Lampholder with switch to imitate gas; 16 objects
One of two lacemaker's condensers with water sealed in
Battery powered gas lighter, c.1928
Cast iron hanging crusie, with hook and pricker
Lamp, Mazda gas filled, screw collar 300w, 65v. B.
Copper hanging crusie frame, with detachable crusie marked Shetlands
Tin hanging crusie, marked Vevey
One of eighty-six early incandescent lamps: Carbon filament lamp
candle snuffer
One of eighty-six early incandescent lamps
Lamp, electric, filament, carbon, capless, 45v 16cp, Edison-Swan, c.1890 with lampholder
Collection of candle snuffers
Lamp, electric, filament, carbon, capless, 45v 16cp, Edison-Swan, c.1890
One of a collection of historical incandescent electric bulbs; bulb fitted with holder, marked 'B'.
Lamp, Swan patent, fitted with holder
One of two miniature lamps for decorative purpose on standard
Lamp.
One of two brass folding Candle Holders from Kyoto, 1907
Experimental acetylene generator, water to carbide displacement type, 1899
Old Swan lamp with flat filaments, and early bayonet joint cap
Ediswan switched lampholder, with a wooden spacer for the wires
1650-1790
Candle douter in wrought iron, for extinguishing a candle flame. Scissor-form with arms terminating in solid tulip-shaped flat-faced pincers. European, possibly English, 1650-1790.
Hitchcock lamp U.S. patent 234916, 1880
Pewter candlestick-shaped lamp, spout type, Antwerp
1952-1953
Decorative neon lamp with filament in shape of 'ER' surmounted by a crown, coronation souvenir. British made 1952-1953.
Light-bulb, filament, carbon, 100v E.S. cap, Westinghouse. Stopper lamp. 16 candle power.
Swan United Electric light Co.'s incandescent lamps, one with flat filament, 1883
Ethoxo limelight with Gridiron No.1, Saturator, c.1900
One of eighty-six early incandescent lamps. Carbon filament lamp, arch filament, one support into sealing pip, elongated clear bulb, with shoulder, well above base. Top pip. Carbon attached to short platinum (?) wires, than by right angle joint to bent copper wires supported by T shaped glass stem, than to platinum wires through glass. Cruto base, (brass cylindrial with flange, plaster attached & insulated, central screw for second contact). Cruto stuck on printed label says CRUTO 16 cand. 101 V
2007
Waterproof Eco wind-up torch in original packaging, made by Trevor Baylis Brands plc, 2007.
Glass lamp, marked Common Native Oil Lamp, Mentone
Cone-shaped combined lamp and candlestick glass
Ediswan lampholder, possibly 1884, with compression spring for lamps with wire loop terminations
Lamp-bulb electric, reflector half-silvered externally, front frosted, bayonet cap, c.1890
Lampholder, c.1888, with two opposed springs for lamps with wire loop terminations
c. 1905
Carbon filament lamp, uncapped, 25 mm bulb, c.1905, for battery use
