discharge tube stand
Date1893-1912
Inventory Number1997-1-1768b
ClassificationDischarge Tube
Subject
Maker
Queen & Company
1893 - 1912
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions10.7 × 35.8 × 11.6 cm (4 3/16 × 14 1/8 × 4 9/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionA long, rectangular wooden plank which serves as a base supports a pair of turned wood stands with circular center openings. Around the base of each stand small brown cylinders with hooks at the end; there are three such cylinders around the base of one and two around the base of the other. Markings on the plank seem to indicate that there were originally four cylinders around each base.
Signedinscribed on brass plaque: Queen & Co. Philada.
FunctionThis stand probably supported a pair of discharge tubes. The cylinders with metal hooks at the end were used for tying up the tube's electrodes, which many times were simple, thin, bare metal wires.
Rudolph Koenig
Date: circa 1865
Object number: 1997-1-0892d
Rudolph Koenig
Date: circa 1865
Object number: 1997-1-0892c
Rudolph Koenig
Date: circa 1865
Object number: 1997-1-0892g
Rudolph Koenig
Date: circa 1865
Object number: 1997-1-0892f
Rudolph Koenig
Date: circa 1865
Object number: 1997-1-0892h
Rudolph Koenig
Date: circa 1865
Object number: 1997-1-0892b
Rudolph Koenig
Date: circa 1865
Object number: 1997-1-0892e
Western Electric Company
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Object number: 1997-1-0593
E. Ducretet & Cie
Date: circa 1879
Accessories: None
Object number: 1999-1-0018