Insulator

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Object Name: 
Insulator
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France
Accession Number: 
96.3.18
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.8 cm, W: 8.3 cm, D: 6.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1920-1950
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight P. Lanmon
Primary Description: 
Deep green non-lead glass; pressed. Cylindrical shape with solid knob on top and two protruding "arms" rising up from shoulders; lower part of body has "ISOREX" on one side and "35/3" on the other and is hollow underneath, containing an inner cylinder open at the bottom.

More Info

Department: 
Science and Technology; Modern; Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Lanmon, Lorri (American, b. 1932), Source
1996-07-03
Lanmon, Dwight P. (American, b. 1938), Source
1996-07-03
Color: 
green
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
35/3
mark
: 
on the other side
ISOREX
mark
: 
on one side