Ramsay's desk

Desk

Pine desk. Hole in front for bronze medallion. Bronze medallion with picture of Ramsay.
Pine desk. Hole in front for bronze medallion. Bronze medallion with picture of Ramsay. Four legged desk, roughy square, lip runs around the desktop, however two of these (the smaller two) are missing. 'front' of desk has a hole for medallian. Two small chunks are missing from desktop. Desk used for working with mercury, hence the lip. Surface likly to be contaminated with mercury. Medallion obverse shows Ramsay in profile, facing left with a laurel branch and tourch next to him. Reverse is quite worn, and shows a woman (one of the muses?) sitting infront of a desk full of chemical apparatus. The design also includes an hour glass and a bulb with lines eminating from it. Asbestos Inspection - Non-Asbestos

1887 to 1912

wood, pine

Ramsay, Sir William, L Bottee

Chemistry

LDUSC-CHEM-65

Sesquicentenary catalogue 574, 64

UCL Science and Engineering Collections