Dobereiner's Lamp (c.1840)

Made:
1840
Dobereiner's Lamp (c.1840)

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Dobereiner's Lamp (c.1840), dark blue glass jar, turned ebony cap with bronze seated classical figure in front of an altar (the hydrogen escapes from a wand she holds in her right arm, ignited by the platinum on the altar)

Details

Category:
Firemaking
Object Number:
1993-1323
type:
döbereiner lamp
credit:
National Maritime Museum