Limelight Burner
Artist/Maker
Alexander Gunn
Description
A device consisting of 2 pipes with valvesfor carrying hydrogen & oxygen to the burner. There is an intermediary valve, a cylindrical vessel where the gasses mix, a burner that points at a vertical spike on which a cylinder of lime is impaled before use; a rod & gears are for turning the lime so that it erodes evenly as it emits bright "limelight".
Object type
Lamp
metalwork
metalwork
Media/materials
Brass
Measurements
L 30.5 x W 9 x H 10
Signature & date
Etched on valve wheels
on jet assembly
on jet assembly
Accession number
M5010