mattrass flask
Date1880-1930
Inventory Number4024
ClassificationGlassware
Subject
Maker
American
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Cultural Region
Dimensions11 x 50.2 x 13.4 cm (4 5/16 x 19 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Material
DescriptionRound receiving flask with long neck and short side neck. Both necks are ringed.
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.
