Swan keyless lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1882
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Swan keyless lamp socket, about 1882. Swan side-mounted hook & loop base with spring-loaded platform to hold tension on the lamp, brass-ring mount connector. Wood body, lamp held in place by the side-mounted springs. No extant maker's marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from International Business Machines, Inc., William J. Hammer Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.320764.04
label: accession number
content: 241402
label: catalog number
content: 320764.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lamp Socket
label: Other Terms
content: Socket; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: socket: 2.2 cm x 5.5 cm x 3 cm; 7/8 in x 2 5/32 in x 1 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 7/8 in; 5.715 cm x 3.175 cm x 2.2225 cm