globe stand made from electrical box
Datecirca 1890
Inventory Number1997-1-1822b
ClassificationGlobe Stand
Subject
Maker
American
Cultural Region
Dimensions8.5 × 16.4 × 16.5 cm (3 3/8 × 6 7/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
blue board box: 9.5 × 19.1 × 19.1 cm (3 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)
blue board box: 9.5 × 19.1 × 19.1 cm (3 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)
Material
DescriptionThe square wooden box with dovetailed joints has a finished base with an interesting profile. There are two countersunk screw holes in the underside of the base. The sides of the box are straight. Two holes in one face are marked with a minus and plus sign above them.
Signedunsigned
Historical AttributesThis electrical box has long served as a stand to hold a 12-inch terrestrial globe by Loring. It is unconventional but does keep the sphere from rolling.
James G. Biddle Company
Date: 1900 - 1930
Object number: 1997-1-0438
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS1425a
Charles-Louis Chevalier
Date: 1835-1840
Accessories: 4 objectives; 4 oculars; inverting ocular; camera lucida; compressorium; galvanic stage; 1/100 mm stage micrometer; liquid trough; 2 bull's eyes; condenser with diaphragm wheel; mechanical stage; trough; eye shield; case with drawer and lid; spare wooden display base.
Object number: 1115
Date: circa 1935
Accessories: four brochures for the Lightning Calculators, types A - D in library (Lib.4598a-d)
Object number: 1998-1-1375
Hemmi
Date: circa 1951
Accessories: Black leatherette case, for storage.
Object number: 2003-1-0226
English
Date: circa 1800
Accessories: Two insulated charge transfer wands.
Object number: 0014
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