- Subject
- Electrical equipment
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Watkins & Hill
- Provenance
- Not ascertained.
- Primary inscriptions
- Written on glass in black pen 'Electrostatic generator Watkins & Hill c. 1850.'
- Dimensions
- Height: 140mm Width: 50mm Depth: 8mm Weight: 101g
- Inventory No
- 56422
Description
Fragment of thick glass ring with polished outer edge; portion of the glass ring retaining the glass disc on its axle. A piece of white tape has been stuck around one of the short edges to hold a broken fragment in place.
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