Protective laboratory bell jar - High form with knob in blown glass
Period: 1900 - Pharmacy - Apothecary
Used by the pharmacist to cover precision instruments or isolate preparations undergoing analysis
Description
Protective laboratory bell jar - High form with knob in blown glass
Period: 1900 - Pharmacy - Apothecary
Large scientific protective bell jar in heavy blown glass, listed as "Cloche forme haute à bouton" in the general catalogue of the Maison Poulenc Frères in Paris from 1919.
It is characterized by a button-shaped top knob offering an excellent grip and ends at its base with a thick reinforcing rim to withstand impacts on wood, marble, or tiled laboratory countertops.
It was used by the pharmacist to cover precision instruments or isolate preparations undergoing analysis. To hermetically seal the device in order to protect it against drafts, stop contamination from laboratory dust, and block the evaporation of volatile solutions or alcohol.
Warning the bell jar is antique, there are scratches sometimes significant in certain places, bubbles in the glass, ...
Comes from a former basement-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles and other utensils had not moved from the shelves since the late 1950s. The basement had served as a medical analysis laboratory and a laboratory for the pharmacy's magisterial preparations from 1900 until around 1950.
Total height: 43 cm - Ground diameter: 19.5 cm
It weighs 2.65Kg !
To be repurposed to protect and showcase one of your objects.
