Accession No

5244.184

Brief Description

watch glass evaporating dish, from the Howard Glassware Collection, believed to have been used to distill perfume oil, 1950s

Origin

Maker

Class

chemistry; laboratory apparatus

Earliest Date

1950

Latest Date

1959

Inscription Date

Material

glass

Dimensions

200mm (diameter), 17mm (depth)

Special Collection

Howard Glassware Collection

Provenance

Donated by private individuals in 1998.

Inscription

Description Notes

Watch glass evaporating dish, from the Howard Glassware Collection, believed to have been used to distill perfume oil, 1950s.

Designed for evaporation, a watch glass dish could also be used to weigh solids or cover large beakers and flasks.

The dish is concave, with constant thickness. It has no lip/rim, and it has a rounded base.

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