The Antiquarian

A Cabinet of Curiosities
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From Baron Calzolari's Cabinet of Natural Curiosities
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№ WK-6121-SCI

a demonstration Leyden jar

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Drawer: J-18
Provenance: Left anonymously at the door of the cabinet, 1701
Condition: Slightly worn but structurally sound
Observation: Said to have been split in two by a monarch to settle a succession
Open Question: Has it always been what it appears to be?
Natural history is but philosophy teaching by examples. —Henry David Thoreau

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