Accession No

5244.298

Brief Description

bottle, 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; rubber

Dimensions

75mm (height), 33mm (diameter) (bottle) 78mm (height), 20mm (diameter) (cork/tube)

Special Collection

Howard Glassware Collection

Provenance

Donated by private individuals in 1998.

Inscription

Description Notes

Bottle, from the Howard Glassware Collection, believed to have been used to distill perfume oil, 1950s.

Small glass bottle with a rubber stopper and embedded glass tube. The bottle has a flared lip and short neck. Stoppered in the bottle was a clear glass tube attached to a rubber stopper. The bottom of the tube is closed with a short piece of wire and metal square. The tube may have been a pipette.

Glass bottle is 5244.298.1 and cork/tube is 5244.298.2.

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