Ducretet & Roger.
Wimshurst Electrostatic Disks.
1920

Mahogany, glass, brass, tin foil, and leather belts. Framework: 20 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 26 1/2 in., each disc diam.: 18 3/4 in.

Provenance: Acquired Auction Team Breker, 29 November 2003, lot 391.

Manufactured by "Ducretet & Roger, Paris", Wooden mahogany framework, a pair of contrarotating glass discs with strips of tin foil at the rims with 2 Leyden jars and manual of operation. An excellent exhibition and museum piece.

This lot is located in Chicago.