Oval glass bottle with a short cylindrical neck and a screw-top metal lid as well as an attached paper product identification label; the bottle contains refined turpentine; bottle's front and back curve outwards and the front has an attached label which lists printed product information.
Oval glass bottle with a short cylindrical neck and a screw-top metal lid as well as an attached paper product identification label; the bottle contains refined turpentine; bottle's front and back curve outwards and the front has an attached label which lists printed product information.
Number Of Parts
1
Maker
Hughes-Owens
Dates
1940
circa 1940
Date Remarks
Models made between 1940-1945 and this was used in conjunction with the model painting
Material
glass: clear
metal: black
paper: white; red; black
refined turpentine: light yellow
Inscriptions
The bottom of the bottle has embossed on it a triangle with a "C" inside, the number "7821X" and the number "6"; the label reads, "HUGHES-OWENS // H-O // SINCE 1900 // REFINED // TURPENTINE // Hughes-Owens // FOR FINE // ARTISTS' MATERIALS"; the number "20" is written in pencil on the upper right corner
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A5-5 Box 1 Row G
Dimension Notes
Length: 9.6 cm. x Width: 4.9 cm. x Depth: 3.1 cm.
Condition Remarks
The bottle was dirty and dusty; the metal lid shows some minor corrosion at the lower edges and cannot be readily removed; approximately 3/4 of the turpentine is still in the bottle; the label is complete and fully legible; there is a red smudge (likely oil paint) on the upper left corner and the number "20" written in pencil on the upper right corner
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Document
Reference Comments
Model-making techniques described by Marjorie Winslow in an oral interview (transcribed); used by Marjorie Winslow when she painted the wax anatomical models in the Robertson Collection
Exhibit History
May 2006: "Medical Art Through the Ages: The History of Anatomical Teaching Models."
On exhibit: "Medical Art throughout the Ages: Moulages," Kingston Museum of Health Care, Sept. 2007