Quilled Receiver Acting as Alembic Head, English, Early 19th Century

Subject: Chemistry
Item type: Object
Provenance: From the Daubeny Laboratory. Lent by the Daubeny Curator, Daubeny Laboratory, Magdalen College, Oxford.
Physical material: Glass
Object type: Alembic
Dimensions: Height: 320mm Width: 260mm Depth: 220mm Weight: 1230g
Inventory No: 76921
Accession Number: 1925-46/part

Description

Bulbous glass receiver with one quill (broken) and spherical boss.