Accession No

5816

Brief Description

hand boiler, 19th century philosophical toy

Origin

Maker

Class

demonstration; physics

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

glass; liquid; paper (card)

Dimensions

187mm height

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Christie’s Auction House, 85 Old Brompton Road, London on 07/12/2000. Lot 30, sale MSI 8976, "Scientific and Engineering Works of Art, Medical Instruments and Models".

Inscription

Description Notes

Hand boiler, 19th century philosophical toy. Glass tube with deep amber coloured bulb bottom. Filled with liquid. When held in the hand it causes a blue and opaque glass portly figure to rise and jump about. In its original card tube.

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