Tall narrow glass jar with paper cover

Made:
1850-1851

Tall narrow glass jar with paper cover, contains globular yellow resin from Calcutta, originally on show at Great Exhibition in 1851, jar probably English, 1850-1851

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A668466
Materials:
glass and paper
Measurements:
length 202 mm
max.: diameter 61 mm
type:
specimen jars

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