Peculiar and Breakable
The Corning Museum of Glass seems to be full of the most unexpected things made of glass, from mechanical theatres:
to a squid:
There is Marie Antoinette sacrificing the heart of the nobility on the altar of the French republic:
a handsome drinking vessel commemorating the Treaty of Westphalia:
What they call a Passion Bottle, sold to pilgrims at the shrine to the Black Madonna of Liesse:
Also, the only way to serve boiled eggs:
Comments
It is fantastic - apparently it's a 19th century French optical model of the eye - you look down the brass tube and see the image through the eye upside down. For some kind of educational purpose I presume. Or just for excitement.
Posted by: Emma | September 13, 2007 8:15 PM
I have no idea what that brass eyeball thing is, but it is awesome and I want one!
Posted by: Jim | September 13, 2007 7:24 PM
Let's hear it for the Corning Museum of Glass! Well worth a day's visit to the otherwise-obscure Steuben County, NY.
Posted by: Tom Geller | September 10, 2007 10:19 PM