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86/1340 Glass Bottles (41), containing oils, resins, varnishes, seeds, leaves & bark, glass / oil / resin / varnish / seeds / leaves / bark, made by the Technological Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1900-1940. Click to enlarge.

Bottles containing botanical specimens

Forty-one glass bottles with stoppers containing oils, resins, varnishes and seeds extracted from plants. Some are labelled and dated. Most of them were distilled at the Museum.

Summary

Object No.

86/1340

Object Statement

Glass Bottles (41), containing oils, resins, varnishes, seeds, leaves & bark, glass / oil / resin / varnish / seeds / leaves / bark, made by the Technological Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1900-1940

Physical Description

Forty-one glass bottles with stoppers containing oils, resins, varnishes and seeds extracted from plants. Some are labelled and dated. Most of them were distilled at the Museum.

Source

Credit Line

Ex-Museum stock, 1986

Acquisition Date

2 October 1986

Cite this Object

Harvard

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Wikipedia

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