Florence Flask
Florence Flask
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- Description
- The Florence flask, with round body and long neck, was known to English chemists by the seventeenth century, if not before. The term derived from the form used to transport Italian wine and olive oil. This glass example, with pear-shaped body, probably dates from the mid-nineteenth century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Florence Flask
- Measurements
- overall: 23 cm x 9 cm; 9 1/16 in x 3 9/16 in
- overall: 9 1/8 in x 5 in; 23.1775 cm x 12.7 cm
- ID Number
- CH.333999.021
- catalog number
- 333999.021
- accession number
- 304826
- Credit Line
- Gift of John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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