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XX.23 Chemical apparatus
Maker: unknown
Date:18th cent.
Materials:glass
Dimensions:length 150 mm
Current inventory:1714
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Two small elongated glass balls, joined by their slightly curved necks. Each ball has a small lateral glass bump. In the eighteenth century glass vessels were used to prepare combinations whose great variety reflected the growing complexity of chemical operations. Provenance: Lorraine collections.

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