R.M.S. Titanic/Ocean Liner/R.M.S. Carpathia, Salvaged Deck L...

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£13,000

R.M.S. Titanic/Ocean Liner/R.M.S. Carpathia, Salvaged Deck Lamp with Globe (2 Pcs.)
Salvaged brass/bronze electric deck lamp with a colourless glass globe secured by a cage with wooden fragments from the ship. The socket is marked "_diswan." The Ediswan Electric Light Company was founded in the UK towards the end of the 19th century as a collaboration between the American inventor Thomas Edison and the British inventor Joseph Swan who each lay claim to inventing the electric light.
Prior to the advent of the electric light, lamps on the decks of ships used candlelight. A globe such as this one would have been placed around the candle to shield it from the wind; thus the nickname hurricane lamp. One could only imagine how this electric "hurricane lamp" may have lighted the way for Titanic's survivors in the dark.
The lamp was recovered by the Achilles Rover on 26th August, 2007 using an ROV basket. It is nothing short of miraculous that this fragile lamp managed to survive Carpathia's sinking.
The globe has some losses and cracks. The cage was separated but is now secured. Some staining and pitting and one screw is loose. There is some wear and losses to the wooden elements. Approximately 8½ins (h), 5ins (dia.) Untested.