box of stopcocks
Datelate 19th-mid 20th Century
Inventory Number1998-1-0549
ClassificationGlassware
Subject
Maker
Pyrex
1915-present
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensions5.9 x 25.6 x 16.3 cm (2 5/16 x 10 1/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriesmetal screws
DescriptionThis is a collection of 18 glass stopcocks and broken glass pieces. Some of the stopcocks are on a single tube, others on a bifurcation.
One of them has a side tube pependicular to the main one (not in contact with the stopcock), and it has black and red sealing material at its ends.
One of them has a side tube pependicular to the main one (not in contact with the stopcock), and it has black and red sealing material at its ends.
Signedstamped on one tube: Pyrex
Inscribedpaper in one stopcock in ink: Soft
Curatorial Remarksmeasurement is that of box
American
Date: late 19th-mid 20th Century
Accessories: 16 objects in total
Object number: 1998-1-0545
Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Company
Date: c. 1880s - 1930s
Accessories: one tablet indicator diagram cards titled: INDICATOR DIAGRAM / TAKEN WITH THE CROSBY STEAM ENGINE INDICATOR. 1 x 7.6 x 17.s cm
Object number: 2013-1-0005
Rudolph Koenig
Date: circa 1889
Object number: 1997-1-1805
