mattrass flask
Date1880-1930
Inventory Number4007
ClassificationGlassware
Subject
Maker
American
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Cultural Region
Dimensions42.3 x 11 cm (16 5/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionRound glass mattrass with long ring neck.
Signedunsigned
Curatorial RemarksIt used to be accompanied by a woven straw doughnut-shaped mat for stabilizing the flask.
FunctionThis is a glass vessel with a round or oval body and a long narrow neck, used in chemistry as a digester or distiller.
For a similar type of flask, used by Joseph Priestley in the eighteenth century, go to the following website.
For a similar type of flask, used by Joseph Priestley in the eighteenth century, go to the following website.
American
Date: 20th-mid 20th Century
Accessories: cork stopper, woven holder
Object number: 1997-1-1900
