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Mantle for gas lamp

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made at Wandsworth, London

Postcard of Mantle for gas lamp.
000-100-102-363-C
© National Museums Scotland

Mantle for gas lamp

A mantle is a dome-shaped mesh used to increase illumination in a gas or oil lamp. This mantle for a gas lamp (pictured here with its card box) was made around 1920 at the Veritas Gas Mantle Works at Wandsworth in London.

The mantle consists of a dome of cream gauze tied onto a fireclay mount in the form of a ring with three outward-turned lugs. The box is printed on each face in red. On the front is 'VERITAS / ALPHA / INVERTED MANTLE / NO. 73769 / UNIVERSAL FITTING'.


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Online ID: 000-100-102-363-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MGO 5 A
Date: Around 1920
c. 1920
c. 1920
Material: Cardboard, cream. Inscription: Two faces: Trademarks of the company / top: instructions for fitting / bottom: MADE FROM / ARTIFICIAL SILK / front: VERITAS / ALPHA / INVERTED MANTLE / NO. 73769 / UNIVERSAL FITTING / VE
Gauze, cream; white composition
Dimensions: 1.60" H x 1.25" D
2.50" x 2.25" x 2.10"
What: Mantle, gas lamp
Mantle, gas lamp / box
Subject:
Who: Veritas Gas Mantle Works, Wandsworth, London, S.W. (Maker)
Veritas Gas Mantle Works, Wandsworth, London, S.W. (Maker)
Where: England, London
England, London
Event:
Description: Mantle for a gas lamp, consisting of a dome of cream gauze tied onto a support in the form of a ring with three outward turned lugs, made at the Veritas Gas Mantle Works, Wandsworth, c. 1920
Original cardboard box for a gas lamp mantle, printed on each face in red, from the Veritas Gas Mantle Works, Wandsworth, London, c. 1920
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