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Artist
Edmund Culpeper
(1660-1737)
Inscriptionssur la lame de verre rectangulaire : Glass for De Fish \ Ceci Verre sert à metter le Poisson dessou \ pour voir ge Circulation \ du sang \ Culpeper \ Londini
Markingssur la paroi du fonds du coffret : at the cross dagger \ E Culpeper Sculp, London
Date
1730
Medium / Technique
Metal: brass, steel; glass; skin: leather; cardboard; wood: lignum vitae, oak, ebony; ivory
Turned, polished, screwed, pegged, nailed and glued
Turned, polished, screwed, pegged, nailed and glued
DimensionsHeight: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
Diameter: 13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.)
ClassificationTools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Optical T&E
Origin
London, Greater London, England, Europe
Object Number1993.29.1 a-p
CollectionStewart
CreditPurchase
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