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.

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1982-1074
Materials:
box (wood)?, brass (copper, zinc alloy), iron, mahogany (wood) and steel (metal)
Measurements:
overall: 380 x 360 x 275 mm
type:
models and crystal (material by form)
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust

Parts

Wooden Cabinet of Crystal Form Models

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.

Measurements:
cabinet: 380 mm x 360 mm x 275 mm, 12kg
each drawer: 30 mm x 335 mm x 250 mm, .408kg
Materials:
mahogany , brass , iron , steel , box (wood)? and complete
Object Number:
1982-1074 Pt1
type:
models and crystal (material by form)
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
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

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.

Measurements:
each drawer: 30 mm x 335 mm x 250 mm,
Materials:
mahogany (wood) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) and paper
Object Number:
1982-1074 Pt2
type:
drawer

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