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Object NameEight Socket Christmas Light Festoon Battery Set with Seven Bulbs

Made FromGlass, Paint, Wood, Metal, Electrical Wiring

Dateabout 1910

TechniqueMold-blown, assembled

SizeOverall L: 300 cm; Average Bulb (b-h) H: 4.3 cm, Diam (max): 2.5 cm

Accession Number2013.4.5

Credit LineGift of Gena Bond in memory of Helen Windgate

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionEight Socket Christmas Light Festoon Battery Set with Seven Bulbs. Glass, paint, wood, metal, electrical wiring; mold-blown glass, assembled. Beige cloth-covered electrical wire festoon connecting 8 wooden sockets painted green and a wooden battery outfit with metal on/off switch. Wooden sockets contain 7 mold-blown glass bulbs with carbon filaments and metal screw-bases. Bulbs are colorless (b and c) and painted cobalt blue (d), light blue (e), ruby red (f and g), and turquoise (h).
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