container with stopcocks
Date: after 1920
Inventory Number: 1998-1-1116
Classification: Glassware
Subject:
Maker: Pyrex (1915-present)
Maker: M.B. Company (ca. 1870 - 1950)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
34.7 x 5.3 cm (13 11/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
storage: 34.3 x 35 x 13 cm (13 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 5 1/8 in.)
Description:
Glass container with a long neck, along which there are two stopcocks with a lenght of glass in between, facing the same direction. There are small balls of mercury in the container and a dark red residue in the glass neck between the two stopcocks. May contain some gas.
Signedstamped in green: MADE BY M.B. CO OF PYREX BRAND GLASS
Curatorial RemarksIt is currently contained in 4054
