Pharmaceutical graduate, with a circular base attached to a conical-shaped glass, with a round opening at its top; there is a triangular spout emerging from the rim around this opening; there are graduation lines and numbers running vertically up the outside of the glass.
Pharmaceutical graduate, with a circular base attached to a conical-shaped glass, with a round opening at its top; there is a triangular spout emerging from the rim around this opening; there are graduation lines and numbers running vertically up the outside of the glass.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Found in a cabinet in the donors' basement after they bought the house from John Briscoe of Briscoe's pharmacy which was located at 229 Princess Street in Kingston from 1954 to 1966; it is likely that Briscoe acquired the collection during his career as a pharmacists.
A website was selling a set of very similar items made in the first quarter of the 20th century.
Material
glass: clear
Inscriptions
"MADE IN U.S.A." stamped on the side; markings from 1 to 16 ounces on the side
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A
Dimension Notes
Length 15.3 cm x Diam. 7.7 cm
Condition Remarks
There are a few chips in the base.
Reference Types
Internet
Book
Reference Comments
Internet: "The Gemmary"; Kingston City Directories
Research Facts
John Briscoe took over Bishop's Drugs Ltd in 1954; Bishop owned another store at 528 Princess Street from 1946 to 1954 and it had been a drug store under other ownership from 1923 until 1946; this is a possible origin of some of the collection.