Geissler Tube and Stand

Object Name: 
Geissler Tube and Stand

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Object Name: 
Geissler Tube and Stand
Place Made: 
probably Germany
possibly United States
possibly England
Accession Number: 
97.3.23
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.0 cm, L: 16.0 cm, Diam (base): 5.6 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1870-1915
Primary Description: 
Colorless, blue, brown non-lead glasses, wood; glass, lampworked, wood turned. Horizontal tube with a bulbous section at each end, enclosing a glass tube formed into the word "Paris" in script, with a glass stem in the center, projecting down, which fits into a turned wood stem and foot. A wire runs through the tube and has metal fastenings at each end, with loops. The horizontal tube is filled with blue liquid.

More Info

Department: 
Science and Technology; Modern
Provenance: 
Gemmary, Source
1997-06-09
Color: 
brown
colorless
blue
Technique: 
lampworked
turning
Material: 
glass
wood
Inscription: 
Paris
inscription
: 
inside cylinder

Publications (1)

All Sorts of Optical, Mathematical & Philosophical Instruments illustrated, Lot 62A, p22; BIB# 63668