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Alchemist's Device- 1987

Stoneware ceramic with "tobacco Spit" glaze, Copper Tubing, Glass, Quartz Crystals, 24 K. Gold Luster

40" ht. X 40" X 26"

 

"I was looking at 15th Century technology, and it led me to this. These jugs and alchemical ideas began with Leonardo and the ceramics and technology of his time."

Clayton Bailey- 1987

 

 

 

 

 

It might be an alchemist's device that creates gold from quartz crystals. A specialized but mysterious distillation apparatus that actually contains real 24K gold in its glass reaction chamber. Brings good luck to the ignorant by promising easy wealth.