mattrass flask
Date1880-1930
Inventory Number4010
ClassificationGlassware
Subject
Maker
American
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Cultural Region
Dimensions36.2 x 8 cm (14 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
blue board box: 17.8 × 30.5 × 21.6 cm (7 × 12 × 8 1/2 in.)
blue board box: 17.8 × 30.5 × 21.6 cm (7 × 12 × 8 1/2 in.)
Material
DescriptionRound glass mattrass with long ring neck that narrows at the center.
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.
