We have always considered and collected these commercial masks and helmets as industries tribal art. Examples can be elegant in their simplicity or bazaar and complex. They are always unique, suprising and filled with personality.
Compact Wimshurst Influence Machine, Signed “MC”
A compact and visually striking Wimshurst electrostatic generator, likely late 19th to early 20th century, featuring dual contra-rotating disks with prominent radial foil sectors, twin Leyden jars, and brass discharge terminals. Signed simply “MC” at the base, this example is built on a cast metal platform and includes all major mechanical elements intact, though untested for functionality. The machine displays age-appropriate wear and patina, with oxidation to the foil and minor clouding in the glass capacitors—ideal for collectors of vintage physics apparatus and early electrical devices. … $575
