Accession No

5244.282

Brief Description

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

6mm (height), 39mm (diameter) (small dish) 7mm (height), 51mm (diameter) (medium dish) 9mm (height), 68mm (diameter) (large dish)

Special Collection

Howard Glassware Collection

Provenance

Donated by private individuals in 1998.

Inscription

Description Notes

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

Set of three evaporating dishes in three sizes. The smallest dish has a slightly flat bottom to aid with sitting.

Each dish has a separate accession number, 5244.282.1-3 in order of ascending size.

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