Accession No

1345

Brief Description

electroscope, gold-leaf, attributed to W. Ladd and Company, English, 1872-1882 (c)

Origin

England; London [based on attributed maker]

Maker

W. Ladd and Company [attributed]

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1872

Latest Date

1882

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (brass, gold)

Dimensions

height 412mm; base diameter 155mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

Description Notes

Glass dome with open bottom; vertical glass tube sealed in and passing through brass fitting at top; brass rod passing through tube supports gold leaves at lower end and brass disk at upper. No inscriptions.

Condition: fair (glass tube broken, top seal broken); incomplete (base missing (?), one gold leaf missing).

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