Wooden Cabinet of Crystal Form Models

Made:: 1783-1800 in Europe

maker:: Jean-Baptiste Louis Romé de

Cabinet with 11 drawers containing model crystals illustrating Rome de l'Isle's Crystallographie, (pub. 1783), the drawers divided into sections to hold one crystal model, unsigned, Europe, 1783-1880.

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Category:: Experimental Chemistry

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: 1982-1074

Materials:: mahogany, brass, iron, steel, box (wood)? and complete

type:: models and crystal (material by form)

credit:: On loan from the Wellcome Trust

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Wooden Cabinet of Crystal Form Models

Wooden cabinet with eight drawers (a further three recorded under Pt2) for set of model crystals illustrating Rome de l'Isle's Crystallographie (pub. 1783), unsigned, Europe, 1783-1850. The drawers are each divided into many sections, and the case itself has a lockable door and brass carrying handle. The eight drawers which remain with the object contain between them 296 model crystals.

Materials:: mahogany , brass , iron , steel , box (wood)? and complete

Object Number:: 1982-1074 Pt1

type:: models and crystal (material by form)

Three of seven drawers or trays from wooden cabinet for set of model crystals

Three of seven drawers or trays from wooden cabinet for set of model crystals, each drawer divded into many sections, each to contain a model illustrating Romé de L'Isle's Crystallographie (pub. 1783), unsigned, Europe, 1701-1800.