Austin, TX
Super Seller
Details
- Dimensions
- 1.75ʺW × 1.75ʺD × 5ʺL
- Styles
- English
- Period
- Mid 20th Century
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Brass
- Glass
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brass
- Condition Notes
- Fine antique condition - Wear commensurate with age and use - Please see accompanying photos. Fine antique condition - Wear commensurate with age and use - Please see accompanying photos. less
- Description
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A fine scale model of a vintage English miner's lamp or inspector's safety lantern of brass in working order.
Inscription … more A fine scale model of a vintage English miner's lamp or inspector's safety lantern of brass in working order.
Inscription reads: "Sir Humphry Davy 1778 - 1829"
This scale model of a larger miner's lantern was given to a coal miner as a retirement gift.
Upon purchase, it can be electrified by a professional electrician for use as a table lamp or lighting feature.
Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, FRS, MRIA, FGS (17 December 1778 – 29 May 1829) was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp. He is also remembered for isolating, by using electricity, several elements for the first time: potassium and sodium. less
Austin, TX
Super Seller
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