Accession No

6663

Brief Description

chemistry set, Merit Chemistry Outfit, by J. and L. Randall Ltd., English, 1954 (c)

Origin

England; Potters Bar

Maker

J. and L. Randall Ltd.

Class

demonstration; games; chemistry

Earliest Date

1954

Latest Date

1954

Inscription Date

Material

card; glass; cork; plastic (rubber, other); metal (brass, aluminium?, tin?)

Dimensions

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from via www.eBay.com, eBay seller Marcuriosa, on or before 06/12/2005.

Inscription

MERIT
CHEMISTRY OUTFIT
INSTRUCTIVE HARMLESS AMUSING

CONTAINS
AN EXCELLENT
SELECTION
OF CHEMICALS
and
CHEMICAL APPARATUS

Description Notes

Chemistry set, Merit Chemistry Outfit, by J. & L. Randall Ltd., English, c. 1954

NOTE: all objects have been transferred into archive folders for conservation purposes; original folders were photographed (see Images) and are stored separately.

Chemistry set with 21 glass test tubes, contained within yellow cardboard tray. Three of the 21 test tubes are empty except for coloured cellophane inside in blue, red, and green. Also includes an oil burner; a plastic funnel; plastic shovel; small tin bath; two glass stirring rods; a metal test tube holder; circles of filter paper; a plastic and metal wire brush for cleaning test tubes; and three boxes (also in green, red and blue), of fine iron wire, litmus paper, watch glass.

Set sits in yellow cardboard tray within red card box with lid. Missing instructions. Comes with secondary French and German labels on the front of the box, and a health and safety warning in the box in up to 6 different languages inside box.

Seemingly unused, with the exception of a grey stain around the corks on the top right of the box.

In good condition, complete.

References

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