scientific instrument
Object NameGeissler Tube and Stand
Made FromNon-lead glass, Wood, Metal
Date1870-1915
Place Madeprobably Germany; possibly England; possibly United States
TechniqueLampworked, turned, painted, hand-worked
SizeOverall H: 28.6 cm; (a) Tube Diam: 7.2 cm; (b) Foot Diam: 9.2 cm
Accession Number97.3.24
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Curiosities of Glassmaking
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless and yellow non-lead glasses, brown wood, dark metal; (glass) lampworked, (wood) turned, painted, (metal) hand-worked. Egg-shaped hollow glass form with smaller ovoid section at top, ending in a small metal cap and loop, from which a wire hangs. Within the large hollow form is a curly cross made out of one piece of twisted hollow glass tubing of colorless glass, which ends in an hourglass form of yellow glass, hollow spherical section below that has a short tube leading down at an angle which also ends in a cap and loop. The bottom of the main section is a short cylindrical tube ending in a point. The entire glass structure is inserted in a circular wooded stem and base, painted black on the top and unpainted on the base.Provenance
Source
Gemmary
- 1997-06-09
