Sparkling pillars

Popular electrostatic accessories where a dramatic electric display would be created if a static charge were applied to the brass ball finial atop the hand-blown glass tube, the charge would spiral down the path of tin foil disks leading down the tube(s).
Ref: http://www.sparkmuseum.com/STATIC_MISC.HTM

Data

Inventory Number: 

ELE29

Date: 

1870 (c.)

Dimensions: 

Diameter: 30cm, Height: 36cm

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