Carbide generator
Powell and Hanmer Ltd
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
Rubber, Steel
Measurements
195 mm (Height); 78 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Birmingham
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 552841
Summary
Small carbide generator (possibly for a carriage lamp?), burnished steel case painted black. With metal (fe) rod and screw thread on back, wingnut on base with rubber seal (possible copper, aluminium alloy).
Provenance
Purchased as part of Geler Jones Collection in 1994.
Marks and inscriptions
(on plate) Powell and Hanmer Ltd, Maunfacturers, Birmingham
Makers and roles
Powell and Hanmer Ltd