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burning fluid burner

Object Name2 Alcohol Burners and Lamps

Made FromSheet Metal, Wood

Dateabout 1880

Place MadeGermany

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number80.7.2

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Physical DescriptionSheet metal, wood; turned, painted, rolled, cut, punched, bent, crimped, assembled, soldered. (A) Alcohol burner and stand made of sheet metal, consisting of a handled alcohol lamp placed into the bottom of a vented cylinder holding a metal container with domed top and narrow opening. Mounted parallel to the burner stand onto a raised metal platform is another stand with a turned wooden handle and a semi-circular swivel rest made of bent sheet metal. This stand is connected above the wooden handle to the vented burner set-up by a shallow, stamped sheet metal pan. (B) Stand made of sheet metal, consisting of a handled alcohol lamp placed into the bottom of a vented cylinder holding a metal container with domed top and narrow opening. Mounted parallel to the burner stand onto a raised metal platform is another stand with a turned wooden handle. This stand is connected above the wooden handle to the vented burner set-up by a shallow, stamped sheet metal pan; the lower alcohol burner and the swivel rest are missing. (C) Bunsen burner for use with natural gas. It consists of a cast iron base imprinted with "G.BARTHEL" above the edge of the foot, a serrated stem to connect the tubing, and a turner valve with red rubber handle. (D, E) Round glass alcohol lamps with wicks. (F) Six smooth river pebbles of grey color; unsigned.
Provenance

Source Gerhard Walther - 1980-04-08

Former Collection Rudolf Blaschka (1857-1939)

Former Collection Leopold Blaschka (1822-1895)