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Light bulb

Collection Type

  • Lighting

GUSN

GUSN-199099

Description

Tear drop shaped light bulb with a small glass tip at the top of it and a gold colored metal base. There are thin wires and fuse pieces in the interior of the bulb.

Details

Descriptive Terms

glass (material)
metal
Bulb, Light

Inscription

"ZZ" ("The inscriptoin is what looks like two cursive z's pushed together. It is done in white surrounded by black and is the symbol of a well known light bulb maker. Inscription is within discolored white oval sticker.)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2468

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