G.E. Ceiling Fan Guard

[Steve Rockwell]

     Guess what year...           Answer provided in a day or two, depending...

 

[Michael Rathberger]

Light sockets are still pretty early,I'll say 10-11...

[Steve Rockwell]

     Nobody else willing to play?         Well,  there's no need for a better estimate; Micheal Rathberger nailed it, essentially.  The photo is indexed 9 Apr 1912 (six days before Titanic), and while it's likely the current year model it's certainly possible that it is a 1911 fan photographed the following Spring.  The notation reads "Type DH-38 Inch 350 R.P.M. Form 15 - 110 Volts Ceiling Fan with Guard" ...

      

[Evan Atkinson]

@Steve Rockwell I’d have played if I didn’t have my nose so buried in hunting for new junk I don’t need 😂

[Louis Weedman]

That's a rare bird right there. I'll be searching now 👀

[Steve Rockwell]

     Evan,   I was hoping you might have comment... possibly about the hub and spiders, or the advent of the bent-tip blade wings...

     Note the rivets on this similar fan, and this time the inscription correctly labels it as Form L...

       

[Evan Atkinson]

22 hours ago, Steve Rockwell said:

     Evan,   I was hoping you might have comment... possibly about the hub and spiders, or the advent of the bent-tip blade wings...

     Note the rivets on this similar fan, and this time the inscription correctly labels it as Form L...

       

Seeing airfoil wing tip blades on a ceiling fan from GE this early really surprised me. They might have been first in the US with this design. Right off the top of my head, only Marelli, GEC and Veritys spring to mind as ceiling fan manufacturers who made airfoil blades before 1909 (though I’m sure I’m forgetting some other international producer).
 

The enclosed, low-headroom mounting location probably necessitated this design: the engineers wanted air sent sideways as well as down. The blade assembly mounting flange is unique among GE models, new to my 👀.