Light Bulb Base and Filament

One interior glass covering, filament, and base from a late 19th to early 20th century light bulb. A slip of paper within the glass that encloses the filaments say the bulb is manufactured under patents dated 1905, 1894, 1985, and 1903. This paper has a drawing of a light bulb.

• Object number

  262.21

• Date made

  Late 19th to Early 20th Century

• Color

  Colorless

• Animals/objects

  Light Bulb

• Category

  Lighting

• Class

  Composite

• Material

  Glass

  Copper Alloy

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut F: Wall Cleaning (624.262)

• Forms

  Fragment

• Techniques

  Indeterminate