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XX.7 Bottle with curved pouring pipe
Maker: unknown
Date:18th cent.
Materials:glass
Dimensions:160x310 mm
Current inventory:3786
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Clear glass bottle with curved pouring pipe and a mouth with pouring lip. Contains an unidentified substance (contents altered by 1966 Arno flood). The curved pouring pipe facilitated the use of glass apparatus (glass being an easily malleable material) for chemical or spagyric operations such as distillation and cohobation. Provenance: Lorraine collections.

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