air pump parts
Date1745-1750
Inventory Number1998-1-1797
ClassificationAir Pump Parts
Subject
Maker
Abbé Jean-Antoine Nollet
1700 - 1770
Material
DescriptionSections of a leg and assorted brackets from an air pump made of painted wood, plaster, gesso, and cast brass. Decorated with black, red, and gold paint, scroll work and foliage, and verni martin finish.
Showing signs of repair and much tunneling by insects.
Showing signs of repair and much tunneling by insects.
Signedunsigned
Curatorial RemarksPreserved in the Collection because of maker and as an educational sample of insect damage. Insects are no longer active.
Part of an air pump and likely associated with 1997-1-1459a-e.
ProvenanceDavid P. Wheatland, Topsfield, MA.
