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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Copper and Brass Light

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G Polkey

1901

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Overview

Brass cuboid potable lantern that has thick glass windows with beveled edges on 3 sides and brass on the back. Inside is a copper fuel cannister with a brass wick holder and a concave brass reflector that is mounted on the metal back. There is a circular door on the back that can be opened to polish the reflector mounted inside, refuel the fuel cannister and light the wick. The height of wick can be controlled by an external handle operated from a corner between 2 glass windows and the wick can be extinguished from a spring loaded handle activated from the top of the lamp. The lamp would have originally had a timber swing handle but this has been replaced by home made handle on the top. There are perforated ventilation plates at both the top and base edges.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2024.119

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

18 cm

Height or length

18 cm

Depth

38 cm

Inscriptions and markings

On the back is an embossed oval in which the following is embossed

G POLKEY
C & M
1901
BIRMINGHAM

Contextual Information

There is evidence that this type of lantern has been used both on ships and the railways.

Keywords

Place made

Birmingham
West Midlands
United Kingdom

Year

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

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Parent records

ROOM 1.7 Marine

Busselton Historical Society

Busselton Historical Society

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Back of the light showing the round door and the G Polkey stamp

Back of the light showing the round door and the G Polkey stamp

Closeup showing the G Polkey stamp

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