Earthenware retort
- Made:
- 1700-1750 in unknown place
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Earthenware retort with long cylindrical nozzle pointing off to one side of the pot, used to hold and distill mercury, early 18th century
Earthenware retorts are one of the earliest kinds of chemical apparatus, and are used to heat things in. They are precursors to the chemical glassware that is still in use today.
Details
- Category:
- Experimental Chemistry
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A700175
- Materials:
- Earthernware
- Measurements:
-
overall: 260 mm x 80 mm
- type:
- retort
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
