funnel

Object NameSeparation Funnel with Stopcock

Made FromGlass, Rubber

Date1910-1940

TechniqueFlameworked

SizeOverall H: 30.2 cm, W: 6.1 cm, D: 0.8 cm

Accession Number2016.8.391

Credit LineGift of The Science Museum, London

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionSeparation Funnel with Stopcock. Colorless glass, rubber; flameworked. Funnel with bulbous body, short cylindrical neck, rounded rim; interior of neck is matte. Bulbous body opens into long narrow tube with angled end. Horizontal stopcock situated beneath bulbous body; stopper with T-shaped handle within stopcock; stopper is still mobile. Rubber tubing placed around narrow tube just beneath stopcock.
Provenance

Source Science Museum - 2016-10-12
deaccessioned from the London Science Museum (LSM) collections or released from their holdings of exhibition or education collections

Former Collection Silberrad Research Laboratories - 1981