Signedon illustrated label: MADE / IN / FRANCE
on illustrated label: PATENTED / JULY 8. 1890 / SEPT. 22, 1896 / THE / SAMSON / BATTERY / No 2 / QUALITY GUARANTEED
molded into the glass jar's side: THE / E.G.M.Co / BOSTON / MASS
FunctionThe particularity of this battery is the type of carbon used in it, produced in France. For more information on this type of battery, go to the following website.
Primary Sources"The Samson Battery," Telephony: An Illustrated Monthly Telephone Journal, 3, no. 1 (January 1902): 22-23. Describes product made by Electric Gas Lighting Company of Boston.
Advertisement for the Samson Battery No.2 by the Electric Gas Lighting Company, Boston Massacusetts (E. G. L. Co.): Telephony: An Illustrated Monthly Telephone Journal, 4, no. 5 (November 1902): 54.