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Silver Table Lighter With Case, by Alfred Foster, London, 1912
Inventory Number: 35386
Number of documents: 3
Document Type: Miscellaneous Note
Document Heading: Inscription
Text:
"SOUVENIR / OF THE / International Radiotelegraphic Conference / LONDON 1912 / FROM / MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH COMPANY LTD." on cover of case; "PATENTED IN 1907 AND NOW USED FOR LONG / DISTANCE CORRESPONDENCE. / MODEL / OF / MARCONI'S DISC DISCHARGER / THE FIRST MEANS OF PRODUCING / MUSICAL NOTES / IN THE TRANSMISSION OF / WIRELESS TELEGRAMS." on inside of cover of case. Hallmarked in multiple places.
Document Type: Superseded Label
Document Heading: Marconi Label
Text:
Silver table lighter, 1912.
One of these, modelled on Marconi's disc discharge of 1907, was given to each delegate of a conference as a souvenir of their visit to the new Marconi works at Chelmsford on the 22nd June 1912. Ladies were given a scent bottle.
Document Type: Miscellaneous Note
Document Heading: Historical Background
Text:
The Third Radiotelegraphic Conference was held in London in June 1912, to approve important regulations that would secure uniformity of practice in radiotelegraphic services. This was an important conference and was attended by delegates from over 40 countries. Its importance had been particularly emphasised by the Titanic disaster only two months previously. On 24 June, delegates were given a tour of the Marconi works at Chelmsford and were provided with dinner at the Savoy, where the male guests were presented with a silver table lighter and the female guests with a silver pocket scent bottle.
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