Specimen / lamp, signal, marine

Description

One of a collection of raw and manufactured products from the Great Exhibition of 1851 - registered marine signal lamp yielding a light equal to a blue light, by E. Gilbert, Falmouth

Museum reference

T.1858.270.633

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Specimen / lamp, signal, marine

Production information

E. Gilbert, Marine signal lamp maker
Falmouth, Cornwall, England, Northern Europe

Date

1851

Physical description

Metal wick

Associations

Great Exhibition