Accession No

5244.256

Brief Description

four watch glass evaporating dishes, 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

5244.256.1: 65 mm (diameter), 4 mm (height) 5244.256.2: 50 mm (diameter), 4 mm (height) 5244.256.3: 38 mm (diameter), 7 mm (height) 5244.256.4: 30 mm (diameter), 2 mm (height)

Special Collection

Howard Glassware Collection

Provenance

Donated by private individuals in 1998.

Inscription

Description Notes

Four watch glass evaporating dishes, from the Howard Glassware Collection, believed to have been used to distill perfume oil, 1950s. Shallow convex shaped glass basins with rounded bottoms, of varying sizes. All were originally packed together.

The 5244.256.2 and 5244.256.3 have a flattened bottom in the center of the convex dish. Point numbered 5244.256.1-4, in descending size order.

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