ring stand
Date1900-1950
Inventory Number1997-1-1166
ClassificationLaboratory Equipment
Subject
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensions2.6 x 17.9 x 9.1 cm (1 x 7 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionA heavy wrought iron ring with a rectangular cross section attached to a thick short iron bar with a somewhat circular cross section that has a screw-adjustable clamp on its end.
Signedunsigned
FunctionMost likely to hold a pot or beaker while being heated from below with a burner.
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS1425a
Richard W. Thomas
Date: circa 1861
Accessories: bottle and beaker (1998-1-1634a); hydrometer and manual (1998-1-1634b)
Object number: 1998-1-1634
Buff & Buff Manufacturing Company
Date: circa 1905
Accessories: wood case; leather case; right-angle prism; plumb bob; oil flask; tripod (5174b)
Object number: 5174a
American
Date: early 20th-mid 20th Century
Accessories: RS0977a
Object number: RS0977
American
Date: early 20th-mid 20th Century
Accessories: RS0977
Object number: RS0977a