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Drop bottle

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Origin:
Date: Circa 1870-1930
Materials: Glass and metal.
Dimensions: 12.6 x 4.7 x 2.5 cm
Category: Pharmaceutical History
Accession no: MHML0344

Description and History

  • Variation on Esmarch's drop bottle; comprises rectangular prism brown-glass bottle with bevelled corners and metal cap. Cap bears two tubes, one short and narrow, the other longer and slightly wider - both curved. Flow is controlled by a tap beneath tubes. Tubes may originally have had nozzles.

On loan from the Barrie Thompson Collection

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