Stand for Color Wheel
name: label: maker
content: H. van Laun
notes: label: Description
content: This is a brass stand for color wheels. The “H. Van Laun / & Zoon / fec. Amsterdam” inscription refers to Hartog Abraham van Laun (1732-1815), a Jewish porcelain manufacturer from Silesia who moved to Amsterdam, and began making and selling philosophical instruments. At some point his firm became H. Van Laun & Zoon.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Netherlands
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.319774.01
label: catalog number
content: 319774
label: accession number
content: 239771
objectType: label: Object Name
content: color wheel stand
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: wheels: 21 1/8 in; x 53.6575 cm
label: Measurements
content: stand: 2 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 10.795 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 13/16 in x 4 1/2 in x 8 in; 55.40375 cm x 11.43 cm x 20.32 cm