Edison Lightbulb Patent Wood Ornament

National Archives Store Exclusive Made in U.S.A. Made from sustainably sourced wood Laser-cut Stained with water-based dye, colors may vary Approximately 2 by 3 inches Product Description Learn More While nowadays most string lights are LED bases, you can still add a good old Edison light bulb to your tree: This ornament shows a drawing from Edison’s 1880 light bulb patent. Shaped like an incandescent light bulb and featuring a gold-colored metal hook, it is ready to hang and could definitely inspire some bright ideas during the holiday season! "Be it known that I, Thomas Alva Edison, of Menlo Park, in the State of New Jersey, United States of America, have invented an Improvement in Electric Lamps, and in the method of manufacturing the same of which the following is a specification. . . . The object of this invention is to produce electric lamps giving light by incandescence, which lamps shall have high resistance, so as to allow of the practical subdivision of the electric l