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.