Maltese Cross Filament Lamp Made by Hiram Maxim, 1880

Artifact

Incandescent Lamp (Lighting device component)

Date Made

1880

Creators

Maxim, Hiram S. (Hiram Stevens), 1840-1916 

United States Electric Lighting Company 

Creator Notes

Made by Hiram S. Maxim's United States Electric Lighting Company.

Keywords

Incandescent lamps (Lighting device components) 

Light bulbs 

Inventions 

Lighting 

Hammer, William Joseph, 1858-1934 

Barker, George F. (George Frederick), 1835-1910 

Collection Title

William J. Hammer Historical Collection of Incandescent Electric Lamps 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

29.1980.529.23

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Edison Pioneers.

Material

Glass (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Platinum (Metal)

Inscriptions

On oval sticker on bottom: #8 On bottom in pencil: 23 On bottom in pencil: 6 In red on top of bulb: 23 On sticker: M