Bidspirit auction | An Assortment of Vintage Apothecary
An Assortment of Vintage Apothecary and Laboratory Glassware and Equipment - This collection of pharmaceutical and scientific items includes several glass vessels and specialized tools. Included are two labeled medicine bottles: a three-ounce bottle of Camphorated Oil from The W. T. Rawleigh Co. of Freeport, Illinois, with a green paper label and white plastic cap, and a two-ounce bottle of Kaz For Colds from Kaz Mfg. Co. of New York, featuring a partially torn dark green label and metal screw cap. Both bottles contain liquid. The glassware consists of a tall graduated cylinder with a hexagonal footed base, a pear-shaped handled decanter with a wood and cork stopper, a small Pyrex beaker bearing the mark T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF., and a small glass funnel resting in a footed glass bowl with a decorative green stem. Scientific instrumentation is represented by a glass hydrometer featuring a weighted bulb and a printed interior scale ranging from 0 to 60. A cylindrical metal tool with a black turned-wood handle is also present. Materials include molded glass, cork, wood, metal, and printed paper.