wash bottle with pointed base
Date1890-1920
Inventory Number4295
ClassificationGlassware
Subject
Maker
American
?
User
Theodore William Richards
1868 - 1928
Cultural Region
Dimensions2.8 x 11 x 9 cm (1 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionBottle with a pointed base, rimless neck, and two side necks: the first one is halfway up body, bends upward and then downward, and tapers at the end. The second one is near the neck on the opposite side, straight, and coming out diagonally upwards.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedscratched on neck: E39
Curatorial RemarksSimilar to 4297.
FunctionWashing bottles like this one direct a stream of liquid (usually water) out of the curved tube when one blows air into the bottle through the other tube (i.e. with a puffer). The top neck would be used for refilling and would be stoppered during use.
Historical AttributesWas used by Harvard Nobel Prize Winner Theodore William Richards.
Todd Scientific Company
Date: 1955-1965
Object number: 1996-1-0396
