Rockwood / Kingston Psychiatric Hospital / Providence Continuing Care Centre Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
General Treatment
Accession Number
000003246 a-b
Description
Oil cup, which consists of a round metal container (a) with a flat bottom, smooth, straight sides, and a round top opening above a metal ridge, and a round, metal lid (b) with a straight, open lip around its rim, and a round, closed handle extending from the centre of its convex surface.
Oil cup, which consists of a round metal container (a) with a flat bottom, smooth, straight sides, and a round top opening above a metal ridge, and a round, metal lid (b) with a straight, open lip around its rim, and a round, closed handle extending from the centre of its convex surface.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - container - Size: Length 5.0 cm x Diam. 7.0 cm
Stamped into the metal at the bottom of the container: "GLAXO ALLENBURYS // 598/3S // TAWLITE // MADE IN ENGLAND"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D3-8
Condition Remarks
There were several brown deposits on the inner surface of the container, in the groove near the top opening; there was a patch of this deposit on the side of the lid's handle, and adhesive residue on the lid's convex surface; there were some translucent patches of inactive corrosion on one outer side of the container; there were no breaks or dents.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Person
JPG
Reference Comments
C. Cox, retured RN from KPH; "A Catalogue of Operation Tables Sterilizers Hospital Furniture Surgical Instruments Appliances Ligatures & Sutures," Allen & Hanburys, Ltd., 1957, p. 626 (similar to item #53612) (see attached photocopy); CD #4
Research Facts
Identified by C.Cox as an oil cup; very similer to Allen & Hanburys dressing jar in the catalogue as well; could have been used for both. Similar to 000.003.245,