Live auction - fjt_233113 - GAZ (LIGHTING...) Compagnie française d’éclairage par le gaz poinçon lampe n.d.
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 01 August 2017 19:23:19 |
Type : Compagnie française d’éclairage par le gaz poinçon lampe
Date: (1842-1845)
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,97 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : Lampe (1832 - 1841)
Rarity : R1
Obverse
Obverse legend : NOVA LUX OCULIS EFFULSIT.
Obverse description : Un ange de face posé sur le globe terrestre, tenant une torche dans chaque main, la tête surmontée d’une flamme.
Reverse
Reverse legend : COMPAGNIE FRANÇAISE D’ÉCLAIRAGE PAR LE GAZ .
Reverse description : dans une couronne de laurier signé BRASSEUX C. DU ROI.
Commentary
Ne pas manquer de visiter la page sur l’histoire du 9e arrondissement où l’on trouve non seulement mention de cette compagnie qui a fini absorbée par Gaz de France mais des photos de l’immeuble... somptueux à http://mairie9.paris.fr/mairie09/jsp/site/Portal.jsp?document_id=14973&portlet_id=969 .
Historical background
GAZ (LIGHTING...)
Natural gas had been known since antiquity, particularly in Persia, but it was not until the end of the 18th century that the idea of gas lighting appeared. The process did not spread until the first half of the 19th century, particularly from 1820. The gas used was obtained by distillation of coal and was used to light the streets and then the dwellings. It was later used as heating but disappeared for lighting due to the spread of electric lighting from 1880..
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