Florence Flask
notes: label: Description
content: The Florence flask, with round body and long neck, was known to English chemists by the seventeenth century, if not before. The term derived from the form used to transport Italian wine and olive oil. This glass example probably dates from the mid-nineteenth century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.333999.025
label: catalog number
content: 333999.025
label: accession number
content: 304826
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flask
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19.7 cm x 10.2 cm; 7 3/4 in x 4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 17.145 cm x 8.89 cm