Accession No

6202

Brief Description

eye model comprising of ivory or horn cylinder with representation of human eye on top of lid, containing various anatomical components, by J. Mayriugk, 1824

Origin

Maker

Mayriugk, J.

Class

demonstration; physiology; biology

Earliest Date

1824

Latest Date

1824

Inscription Date

1824

Material

organic (ivory or horn); hide (leather); glass; rope (string)

Dimensions

height 65mm; diameter 42mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Philip Lamoussiere; Le Clos de la Tour, 33920 St. Christoly de Blaye, France on or before 16/11/2007.

Inscription

J. Mayriugk [sp?]
1824

Description Notes

Eye model comprising of ivory or horn cylinder with representation of human eye on top of lid, and containing various anatomical components, by J. Mayriugk (sp?), 1824.

CAUTION: Contents of cylinder are extremely fragile. Do not handle with cotton gloves.

Lid of cylinder is topped with glass, underneath of which is an illustration of a green coloured human iris, with a black pupil at the centre. Lid screws onto cylinder body.

Inside of cylinder body contains a four-part set of anatomical components of the eye. These are very anatomically crude, and fit, one inside the next. The outer component is made of ivory or horn, is cup shaped with a long thin tail. Its rim is encircled with a piece of string. On its outside is painted crude ‘arteries’ (red jagged lines) and attached are crude ‘muscles’ (6 peices of long, thin red leather). Inside this component fits a second cup-shaped peice, this made of some form of tortoiseshell or horn. It also has a long thin tail, and this fits inside the tail of the outer component. Inside the cup of this second component sits a smaller black cup, with no tail. Inside this black cup sits a white ovoid component with a black circle at its centre.

condition: good/fair (some black spotting to outside of container)

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