Name/Title
Westinghouse "Stopper" Incandescent LampEntry/Object ID
2024.40.4Description
Westinghouse Stopper lamp with evidentiary note attached. This lamp was tagged by Sherburne Eaton and Eugene Lewis, patent attorney sof Edison's during the Edison lamp patent trials. The Westinghouse stopper lamp was manufactured in an effort to avoid infringing on Edison's lamp patents. This example exhibits an atypical white "milk glass" glass stopper, as opposed to the typical clear glass. This example is fitted with a removable adaptor to allow the Stopper-type base to be attached to a typical Westinghouse-type socket.Made/Created
Manufacturer
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.Date made
circa 1892 - circa 1894Time Period
19th Century
