Edison Incandescent Lamp

Object/Artifact

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The Maryland Museum of Electric Light

Name/Title

Edison Incandescent Lamp

Entry/Object ID

2016.10.14

Description

Edison incandescent lamp of the period of about 1883. Carbonized bamboo filament attached with copper plating method as developed by Edison in 1881. 16 candlepower lamp, with seperate "16C" label opposite of "Edison's Patents" label

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Edison Lamp Company

Date made

circa 1883

Time Period

19th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

East Newark (now Harrison), NJ

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Date

Location

Candlepower label

Transcription

1883

Notes

"1883" written on candlepower label. This is unlikely to be a factory marking, and there is now way to confirm when this marking was made.