earthenware dish
Datebefore 1964
Inventory Number2003-1-0057b
ClassificationDish
Subject
Maker
Fisher Scientific Company
founded 1902
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions6 x 4 cm (2 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
storage: 32 x 31 cm (12 5/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
storage: 32 x 31 cm (12 5/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionA domed ceramic dish, glazed and gray. The dish is flat at the bottom and has a circular hole at the top. On the outside of the circular wall sloped inward is a blue stamp, somewhat faded, that reads "FISHER".
Signedon outside of dish, stamped in blue: FISHER
FunctionIn 1964, this object was used as a water dish for laboratory rats during an experiment in the Harvard School of Public Health's Department of Physiology.
