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Rating: unknown (16 c.p.?) Came from: U.S.A. Manufactured: 1890's Purchased: November 2002 Price paid: $5 plus shipping Bulb rarity: Very rare Unique feature: Y-shaped stem |
| 1890's Westinghouse Base Lightbulb |
Although in non-working condition, this bulb is a very rare and collectible Westinghouse-Based, 19th century lightbulb. It is not worth much $$$, but it still is a real 100+ year old bulb! I cannot afford Westinghouse-based bulbs in working condition because they cost too much. They usually sell for more than $70 U.S. dollars (I'm sure many collectors out there hate me saying this... Sorry guys!). This bulb has a unique, Y-shaped stem and is insulated at the base with porcelain. I believe this stem design is a Sawyer-Man design. Plaster insulation was also used in earlier Westinghouse-based bulbs, but of course, they cost too much too, EVEN in non-working condition! Sockets for this type of bulb also cost a lot. This bulb has a squirted cellulose carbon filament, which looks very much like a black cotton thread. Westinghouse bases look much larger in pictures than they really are. A person who has never seen one may think that they are as large as a mogul base... But they're not. Actually, they are the same size as a regular edison base. This is all I know about this bulb, and as you can see, it's not much. If you have more info about this bulb, please don't hesitate sending it to me. Thanks to SilverLiner for contributing to this page!
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