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Object NameGeissler Tube with Wooden Mount
Made FromGlass, Noble Gas(ses), Metal, Wood
Dateabout 1900
Place MadeGermany
TechniqueFlameworked, turned, assembled
SizeOverall H: 34.5 cm, Diam (max): 10.5 cm
Accession Number2020.8.4
Credit LineGift of Richard and Cindy Liberte
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionGeissler Tube with Wooden Mount. Colorless and yellow-stained glass, noble gas(ses), metal fixtures, turned wood base; flameworked, assembled. Vertical Geissler tube mounted on turned wood base. Object consists of slightly bulbous, elongated outer tube, which contains colorless and yellow-stained flameworked inner tube. Inner tube consists of yellow figure-8 flanked on top with a yellow spiral surrounded by a colorless coil and on bottom with a colorless tube curving back and forth several times. ~1 cm opening on one side of outer tube.
Provenance
Source Cindy Liberte - 2020-11-17
Source Richard Liberte - 2020-11-17