Georgian Electrostatic Machine Insulating Table Stand

Name: Georgian Electrostatic Machine Insulating Table Stand
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA889191
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Jason Clarke Antiques

Description

For sale a rare early Nineteenth Century electrostatic insulation stand.

Comprised of a turned and graduated mahogany base with a lacquered brass collar holding a superb blue glass pillar. It is fixed with a second brass collar which holds a simply turned mahogany top providing a flat surface for the placement of electrostatic machine accessories.

Given the early nature of this example, it would have been manufactured to accompany either a Ramsden or Nairne type electrostatic machine and would have been used to insulate its subject matter from a path to ground.

Sadly, the piece is unnamed so little can be divulged about the maker but nevertheless a super example and a piece of apparatus which is seldom encountered. The glass and the associated woodwork remain in very good condition.

Circa 1810.

Physical Dimensions

Height

28cm (11.02")

Width

14cm (5.51")

Depth

14cm (5.51")

Declaration

Jason Clarke Antiques has dated this piece to the 1800s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA889191

Description

For sale a rare early Nineteenth Century electrostatic insulation stand.

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Comprised of a turned and graduated mahogany base with a lacquered brass collar holding a superb blue glass pillar.

Jason Clarke Antiques

It is fixed with a second brass collar which holds a simply turned mahogany top providing a flat surface for the placement of electrostatic machine accessories.

fig 1. Georgian Electrostatic Machine Insulating Table Stand

Given the early nature of this example, it would have been manufactured to accompany either a Ramsden or Nairne type electrostatic machine and would have been used to insulate its subject matter from a path to ground.

fig 2. Georgian Electrostatic Machine Insulating Table Stand

Sadly, the piece is unnamed so little can be divulged about the maker but nevertheless a super example and a piece of apparatus which is seldom encountered. The glass and the associated woodwork remain in very good condition.

Circa 1810.

Physical Dimensions

Height

28cm (11.02")

Width

14cm (5.51")

Depth

14cm (5.51")

Date of Manufacture

Jason Clarke Antiques has dated this piece to the 1800s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref