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BULB DISCUSSION BOARDS => Antique Bulb Discussion => Topic started by: roryklinge on June 10, 2004, 08:15:00 am
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Hi All,
I found a light bulb at a yard sale that has a sticker attached which reads, "50 watt, Edison". Below that are stylized initials that look like GEM and below that the #s 20, 18, 16 stacked and these #s are bracketed by what looks like a 1 and a V. I found the bulb in a corrugated white, yellow and blue GE light bulb sleeve that bear the image of "Thomas A. Edison, The inventor of the first practical incandescent lamp", with 1879 sandwiching a logo of what looks like a picture of Edisons first bulb on a base. I don't know if the bulb is consistent with the sleeve as the sleeve pictures a more contemporary smooth bulb with the GE logo stamped on the top and the bulb I have is clear glass with a point on top. There's more! Upon looking closer with a loop I could see etched into the glass by the base the inscription,"Property of the (M?) Y Edison (?) Not To Be Sold. Inside the bulb where the filaments attach looks to be written in ink 50 W which can be read if the bulb is held as if screwed into a ceiling fixture. The bulb has two arched filaments that are not broken. I know this may be TMI but I am very curious about it. I"ll try to attached some pics here. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Rory http://www.geocities.com/roryklinge/edisonbulb-3_edited.jpg (http://www.geocities.com/roryklinge/edisonbulb-3_edited.jpg) http://www.geocities.com/roryklinge/edisonbulb-5.jpg (http://www.geocities.com/roryklinge/edisonbulb-5.jpg) http://www.geocities.com/roryklinge/edisonbulb-7.jpg (http://www.geocities.com/roryklinge/edisonbulb-7.jpg)
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Hi Rory,
I invite you to see this page at my site:
http://bulbs.2yr.net/edison-gem-bulb.html (http://bulbs.2yr.net/edison-gem-bulb.html)
The sleeve that came with your bulb appears to be from the 1950's.
Regards,
-Yoshi