12 Mar 2010
Collection: Powerhouse Museum
7168 Furnace model, roasting furnace for arsenic ores, wood / paper / metal, supplied by Carl Schroder, Darmstadt, Germany, c.1880.
Description
Furnace model, roasting furnace for arsenic ores, wood / paper / metal, supplied by Carl Schroder, Darmstadt, Germany, c.1880.Manufacturer's catalogue number 1605, 'Rostofen fur arsenikhalfige Erze', described in the stock book as a model of a Hungarian furnace for roasting arsenical and argentiferous ores.
Production notes
Made by Carl Schroder in Darmstadt, Germany.History notes
Used for displays at the Museum from the 1880s onwards.Acquisition credit line
Purchased 1884Registration number
7168Production date
1855Height
415 mmWidth
370 mmDepth
525 mm