burning fluid burner
Object NameAlcohol Burner
Made FromSheet Metal, Wood
Dateabout 1880
Place MadeGermany
TechniqueTurned, Painted, Rolled, Cut, Punched, Bent, Crimped, Assembled, Soldered
SizeOverall H: 8.1 cm, L: 15.7 cm
Accession Number80.7.2 A
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Modeling Nature: Slices of Glass History from the Collections
Not On View
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.Provenance
Source
Gerhard Walther
- 1980-04-08
Former Collection
Rudolf Blaschka
(1857-1939)
Former Collection
Leopold Blaschka
(1822-1895)
about 1880
