- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- W. & S. Jones
- Provenance
- Purchased from Roger Warner, Antiques
- Primary inscriptions
- Unsigned and undated
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 150mm Height: 335mm Weight: 1690g
- Inventory No
- 80429
- Accession Number
- 1963-22
Description
Part of the W. & S. Jones electrostatic cabinet. Insulating stand has wooden circular base and top connected by a cylindrical glass leg. The Leyden jar is a large cylindrical glass jar with the lower half covered in tin foil on the interior and exterior. It has a wooden lid with two cork pieces on the inside and a copper alloy rod and ball above connected to a copper alloy chain that dangles down the centre of the jar.
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