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Objekt 18

Kettle with rechaud

Description

The kettle has a very unusual heating system. A pipe runs diagonally through the kettle, with which the air heated by the flame in the rechaud additionally heats the water. The air can escape through the holes on the side.

Object description

Johann Ulrich III Fechter (1709-1765)

Basel, 1741-1765

Silver, chased, cast

Bequest Hans Burckhardt-Burckhardt, Basel

Inv. 1923.128.

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