Glass retort

Made:: 332 BCE-638 CE

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Small pale green glass retort, swan necked, globous flask, long tubular neck, hand blown, possibly English, 1750-1850

Details

Category:: Classical & Medieval Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A650185

Materials:: glass

Measurements:: height 100 mm
length 268 mm
flask: diameter 76 mm

type:: retort

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