Flask

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Object Name: 
Flask
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
2016.8.63
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.2 cm, Diam (max): 8.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1880-1980
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Science Museum, London
Primary Description: 
Flask. Colorless glass; blown. Flask with bulbous body, flattened base, and tall cylindrical neck opening into slightly flared rim.

More Info

Department: 
Science and Technology; Modern; Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Science Museum, Source
2016-10-12
McLachlan, Former Collection
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
"PYREX" / MADE IN ENGLAND / 300 ML
inscription
: 
Stamped on neck green lettering around white circle; logo on either side of white circle