flask
Datelate 19th-mid 20th Century
Inventory Number1996-1-0573
ClassificationGlassware
Subject
Maker
American
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Cultural Region
Dimensions16 x 9 cm (6 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionA piece of laboratory glassware, whose exact purpose is unknown.
The glassware consists of a tubular section, open at one end, which terminates in a round glass bulb at the other end.
Midway along the tube, a second, narrower tube intersects the first tube and extends at a slight angle from it, roughly perpendicular to it. The second tube, approximately the same length as the first tube but thinner, and has an opening at the end.
The glassware consists of a tubular section, open at one end, which terminates in a round glass bulb at the other end.
Midway along the tube, a second, narrower tube intersects the first tube and extends at a slight angle from it, roughly perpendicular to it. The second tube, approximately the same length as the first tube but thinner, and has an opening at the end.
Signedunsigned
FunctionLaboratory glassware, exact function unknown.
American
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Object number: 1996-1-0580
American
Date: 20th-mid 20th Century
Accessories: cork stopper, woven holder
Object number: 1997-1-1900
American
Date: 1870-1930
Accessories: small rubber hose; tiny metal clamp-like component
Object number: 1996-1-0426
Walter Balcke
Date: 1955
Accessories: mahogany box with plexiglass lid; pencil; eraser; box of lead; putty ball; cleaning cloth; cardboard instruction card
Object number: 1997-1-1619
American
Date: 20th Century
Accessories: Stored in "ALCAZAR" cigar box
Object number: 1998-1-1475
Distillation Products Industries
Date: circa 1940
Object number: 1998-1-0034
The W. M. Welch Scientific Company
Date: 1910-1940
Object number: 1996-1-0484
