Cylinder Electrostatic Machine with Case and Associated Parts, by Edward Nairne, London, c. 1760

Cylinder electrostatic machine with case and associated parts, by Edward Nairne, London, c. 1760. Object consists of 27 parts: the electrostatic machine, which has a large glass cylinder rounded at both ends and with both ends painted red. It also has a copper alloy box with two control knobs that is clamped to a wooden frame; a glass jar that is primarily painted silver, has a top that is painted red and has a spout with a copper alloy ball that has a hook on top; a glass tube with rounded copper alloy coverings at both ends; a varnished dark brown circular stand; a metal ring and six-pointed star-shaped where component with sharp ends that are bent at right angles; an instrument composed of a thin copper alloy bar with a large hook, attached are two bells on chains and two beads on threads of the same length as the chains; an accessory that consists of a curved copper alloy strip with a two-pronged fork at one end and attached at the other end to a wooden block that has a black fabric sheet attached to one side of it and red leather on the other side; a metal rod with a smaller shorter rod protruding from one side and ten sharp spikes on the other side; a large thin copper alloy disc; a smaller copper alloy disc with a chain attached to the middle; an oval-shaped bolsa wood box with a lid that detaches and is labelled "Pith balls"; a set of different coloured pith balls, four of which are attached to a length of thread;  also with the small box are five miniature wooden carved dolls, known as 'worry dolls'. Four of them are hand-painted and one is plain. The tallest of the dolls is bald and has a white and pink shirt with buttons and blue shorts. The second tallest has blue trousers with a red stripe, a red top with a white shirt with a tie underneath and a red cone-shaped clown hat. The middle-sized doll has a yellow dress with a red ribbon round her waist and rosy cheeks. The second smallest has red trousers and a blue top. The smallest doll is just a male head with a moustache and a trilby hat, on a short pillar-shaped plinth; a copper alloy shaft that is enlarged at one end and has a vase-shaped edge on one side and a handle at the other end; a copper alloy cylinder that separates in the middle and is attached to small copper alloy shaft and chain; a wooden rod with a ball-shaped tip at one end and smaller copper alloy tip at the other; wooden divider that sits in the box and has spaces that hold a thin metal rod that is bent/curved at almost a right angle and two thin metal rods with curved sections and two spikes; a smaller wooden box divider; wooden box divider with two curved indents and two square tips; wooden box divider with three curved indents and two square tips; a bell and a separate copper alloy chain; a red-painted glass rod with a rounded wooden attachment at one end; a copper alloy tube with a central hole and enlarged cylindrical fittings at both ends, one of which detaches. Also present are a candle, a bar of soap and a wooden plate that was found at the bottom of the box. The case is a large wooden box with a hinged lid.