Tungsten Decorative Lamp
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1930
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Tungsten decorative lamp (Japan), about 1930. Nickel or brass(?) miniature-screw base with glass insulator. C-2 tungsten filament with crimp connectors, Dumet leads. Tipless FE-shape envelope with metal (tin?) cover in the shape of a 5-point star (note concave depression on top of envelope). Cover is in 2 pieces (clipped together) and has a blue plastic cone on each of the 5 points. A red fiber insulator is clipped to the bottom half of the cover and prevents the cover from contacting the base-shell. The neutral lead passes thru the insulator and is then soldered onto the shell.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Hugh F. Hicks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0126.38
label: accession number
content: 1994.0126
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0126.38
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Light Bulb
label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tungsten (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 6.35 cm