muffle
Datemid 19th-early 20th Century
Inventory Number4809
ClassificationMuffle
Subject
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensions5.9 x 11 x 7.9 cm (2 5/16 x 4 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Material
DescriptionEarthenware muffle with a flat base and a domed top. Closed at one end, with slightly irregular slits in each of the three closed sides. Wrapped in newspaper.
Signedunsigned
FunctionUsed in furnaces to protect heated objects from direct contact with fire, for example, in the cupellation of ore buttons.
Richard W. Thomas
Date: circa 1861
Accessories: bottle and beaker (1998-1-1634a); hydrometer and manual (1998-1-1634b)
Object number: 1998-1-1634
Scientific Prototype Manufacturing Corporation
Date: 1960
Accessories: manual: <i>Laboratory Studies in the Analysis of Behavior</i> by Homme and Klaus (1957)
Object number: 2008-1-0003
ACME Apparatus Company
Date: 1930-1950
Accessories: handle; black cylindrical component; wrapping newspaper
Object number: 1997-1-0516
