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burning fluid burner

Object NameAlcohol Burner

Made FromSheet Metal, Wood

Dateabout 1880

TechniqueTurned, Painted, Rolled, Cut, Punched, Bent, Crimped, Assembled, Soldered

SizeOverall H: 8.1 cm, L: 15.7 cm

Accession Number80.7.2 A

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Exhibitions

Modeling Nature: Slices of Glass History from the Collections

Place Made

Germany

Physical DescriptionSheet metal, wood; turned, painted, rolled, cut, punched, bent, crimped, assembled, soldered. 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.
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