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Objekt 24

Silver wax cord holder

Description

The tip of the two-part arrow contains a taut spring. When the flame reaches the wax at this point and softens it, the spring presses the halves of the arrow together. The flame goes out.

Object description

Goldsmith: Johann Friedrich Burckhardt (1756-1827)

Basel, 1810/20

Silver, wax cord

Bequest Hans Burckhardt-Burckhardt, Basel

Inv. 1923.135.

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