Early Thomson-Houston Base Socket On Wooden Stick With Edison Adapter - SOLD

This is an awesome stick.

It features nice early construction with an iron threaded ring that the socket threads on to. The socket has a Thomson-Houston base along with an adapter to work with standard Edison light bulbs.

The socket is likely an old Anchor socket. There is not much known about early Anchor and Arrow sockets. The turn key on this socket is marked "A.EL. Co."

Our site research so far shows that it was the Anchor Electric Company that used long slits on the porcelain insides where the cap screws in. based on this fact, this is likely a real early Anchor socket.

It features a nice ornate design around the brass of the socket above the shade holder rib. It is marked 250V 50 C.P. (the older "candle  power" mark before changing to WATTS) on the socket. The adapter has no marks, so it is likely an early one that was made while these were still under patent applied for. These adapters became common about 1900 when the older style socket bases were being phased out and most companies started using the more standard Edison bases. Most of the adapters were all marked and patented by 1903.

A real nice early stick and socket made sometime before 1899.