M0018216: Glass retort with stopper, mid 19th century

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Glass retort with stopper. mid 19th C

Photograph of a glass retort with stopper, of the type used in Britain in the mid 19th century. It was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

August 1960

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.