Accession No

5244.196

Brief Description

Pyrex boiling flask, by James A. Jobling & Company, English, from the Howard Glassware Collection, believed to have been used to distill perfume oil, 1950s

Origin

England

Maker

James A. Jobling & Company

Class

chemistry; laboratory apparatus

Earliest Date

1950

Latest Date

1959

Inscription Date

Material

glass

Dimensions

90 mm (diameter at widest section), 330 mm (height)

Special Collection

Howard Glassware Collection

Provenance

Donated by private individuals in 1998.

Inscription

Circular logo "PYREX, JP, 500, JP, MADE IN ENGLAND" [neck of flask]

Description Notes

Boiling flask, from the Howard Glassware Collection, believed to have been used to distill perfume oil, 1950s. Maker's mark, from Pyrex is at the top of the neck in pale green, with a small circle of translucent glass below it on the neck.

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