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Discharging tongs. Two metal rods with balls on the end fixed to a glass rod with a wooden handle. The metal rods are mounted on wheels allowing them to be rotated together or apart.
twin brass rods hinged at one end fitted on a glass insulating rod and wooden handle. Each rod terminates in a brass sphere; for removal of charge from electrostatically charged spheres. Likely to be one of Copland's "Discharging rod, jointed, glass…
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Round dish used as a hanging decoration ('hoel'). Decoration: woman in centre, long dress, floral design, (black) drawing, other colours: white, brown, green, yellow.
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Tripod dish in grey pottery. Very characteristic of Zapotecan culture.
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Tripod dish in pottery; feet in form of birds' heads.
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Shallow pottery tripod dish; decorated with reddish-brown and black paint on interior and exterior; 'cascabel' feet.
Dispatch box. An ornate rectangular wooden box, about a foot wide, with brass fittings. The box has veneer with a wavy grain which is arranged in panels radiating from the centre of each side, creating a flower like pattern.
Dispatch box of Field-Marshall James Francis Edward Keith (1696-1758), younger brother of George, 10th and last Earl Marischal. It is made of wood with brass bindings, handles and clasp. The rosewood veneer on the front and lid is laid to give a…