overall: 3 in x 1 3/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 3.4925 cm x 5.715 cm
Object Name:
Lamp Socket
Date made:
ca 1881
Description (Brief):
Perkins keyed socket for an incandescent lamp, c 1881. Brass and plastic shell, threaded post connector, plastic key. Contact wire emerges from one side of the shell. No extant maker's marks.
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
from International Business Machines, Inc., William J. Hammer Collection
