Atomizer. Cylindrical clear blown-glass bottle with wide, rounded base and sloped shoulders; pewter domed lid with attached L-shaped pewter tubing and rounded nozzle; tubing goes both inside the bottle and emerges from top; domed lid has a small circular opening where an atomizer bulb would attach.
Created:
1890 - 1950?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Nursing bottle. Blown glass conical bottle and silver nipple;"frosted" acid etched floral decoration. Acid etching onto glass was patented for commercial use in 1857 by Richardson's of Stourbridge, England, but may have been in use on a smaller scale before that point.
Created:
1801 - 1860?
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Nursing bottle. Glass conical bottle and silver nipple; glass decoration with both hand engraved and "frosted" acid etched areas. Acid etching onto glass was patented for commercial use in 1857 by Richardson's of Stourbridge, England, but may have been in use on a smaller scale before that point.
Created:
1750 - 1860?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Nursing bottle. Blown glass conical bottle and pewter nipple;"frosted" acid etched decoration. Acid etching onto glass was patented for commercial use in 1857 by Richardson's of Stourbridge, England, but may have been in use on a smaller scale before that point.
Created:
1801 - 1860?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Breast pump. Clear, blown glass device with a round chamber, narrowing to a long, tapered spout tilted at a 45 degree angle; a flared, funnel-shaped opening is connected halfway up tube in a perpendicular orientation. The "breast pipe" or "sucking glass" was first known as the tiralatte or "milk puller" and was invented by Verona physician Ognib...
Created:
1701 - 1860?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Breast pump. Clear, blown glass device with a round chamber, flared opening, and attached long, tapered spout facing away from opening. The "breast pipe" or "sucking glass" was first known as the tiralatte or "milk puller" and was invented by Verona physician Ognibene Ferrari in 1577 and mentioned in his book Omniboni Ferrarii de arte medica inf...
Created:
1701 - 1860?
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Cup. Glass cup in reverse conical shape; glass has a pebbled texture and body of glass has two abrupt step-downs; disc-shaped base. This glass most likely was used in a soda fountain or drug store to hold milk shakes, malts, or soft drinks.
Created:
1930 - 1970?
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Cup. Small, translucent blown glass cup with many bubbles and imperfections in the glass; slightly raised around the rim; wide, conical flask-like body. Cups in this design, with a smaller diameter and flared body, were used for cupping on parts of the body with limited surface area.
Created:
1701 - 1900?
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.