Polishing Compound
notes: label: Description
content: This cylindrical glass jar with a leather stopper came from the shop of Henry Fitz (1808-1863), America’s first successful commercial telescope maker. The top of the discolored paper label has an image of a brick factory. The text reads: “SULPHATE OF QUINIA / POWERS & WIGHTMAN / Manufacturing Chemists / PHILADELPHIA.” Despite the label, the jar probably contains a polishing compound.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Willard H. Howell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315158.076
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.076
objectType: label: Object Name
content: polishing compound, jar of
label: Object Type
content: polish
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (stopper material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 cm x 5 cm; 5 1/8 in x 1 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 13.335 cm x 5.715 cm