Thomson Houston Incandescent Lamp

Object/Artifact

The Maryland Museum of Electric Light

Name/Title

Thomson Houston Incandescent Lamp

Description

Unusual and atypical form of Thomson Houston lamp. Likely a very early baseless T-H lamp c.1885 rebased at a later point. Red glass stem divider typical of first variation of (baseless) T-H lamp.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Thomson Houston

Date made

1890

Time Period

19th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Lynn, MA