Estate Coins & Currency, Vintage Women's Fashions, Vintage Medical and other Collectibles
Lot 129:
Description
This collection of pharmaceutical and scientific items includes several glass vessels and specialized tools. Included are two labeled medicine bottles: a three-ounce bottle of Camphorated Oil from The W. T. Rawleigh Co. of Freeport, Illinois, with a green paper label and white plastic cap, and a two-ounce bottle of Kaz For Colds from Kaz Mfg. Co. of New York, featuring a partially torn dark green label and metal screw cap. Both bottles contain liquid. The glassware consists of a tall graduated cylinder with a hexagonal footed base, a pear-shaped handled decanter with a wood and cork stopper, a small Pyrex beaker bearing the mark T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF., and a small glass funnel resting in a footed glass bowl with a decorative green stem. Scientific instrumentation is represented by a glass hydrometer featuring a weighted bulb and a printed interior scale ranging from 0 to 60. A cylindrical metal tool with a black turned-wood handle is also present. Materials include molded glass, cork, wood, metal, and printed paper.
Condition report:
The items show wear consistent with age and laboratory or domestic use. The Kaz bottle label is torn and exhibits losses. Glass items exhibit some interior residue and light surface clouding. The medicine bottles remain filled with their original liquid contents. Metal components show minor surface wear and oxidation.
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