The furnace effect is a major uncertainty source in the realization of high-temperature fixed points in metal–carbon systems. The cause of this effect is as yet unexplained, and understanding it is a high-priority task for the inclusion of fixed points in future high-temperature metrology. In this paper, the furnace effect is studied experimentally and systematically with three furnaces, two cells, and two radiation thermometers. The copper point is chosen for the fixed point of investigation in order to eliminate the influence of the properties of the furnace. Correction for drift and the size-of-source effect of the thermometer is applied to achieve the required measurement accuracy. As a result, the furnace effect has been demonstrated quantitatively for the first time as the difference in radiance temperature of the same cell observed in different furnaces by the same thermometer. The experimental results show that it is related to the dimension of the furnace and the design of the fixed-point blackbody cell.