Cup, medicine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GRADUATED/IMPERIAL
- DATE
- 1880–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0155.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.0 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- 10.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Pharmacology
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF MEASURE PROBABLY USED LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH C. THIS CUP USED LATE 1930S+ (REF. 1)
- Canada
-
THIS CUP WAS GIVEN TO DONOR C. 1938-39 FOR USE WITH HIS HOME CHEMISTRY SET. ORIGINAL OWNER WAS METALLURGICAL CHEMIST OR GEOLOGIST. (REF. 1) - Function
-
TO MEASURE AND DISPENSE DRY OR LIQUID ITEMS, PROBABLY OF A MEDICINAL NATURE. - Technical
-
TYPICAL MEASURING DEVICE USED FOR MEASURING AND ADMINISTERING MEDICINES. PROBABLY HAND BLOWN; MARKINGS ARE HAND ENGRAVED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Etched on one side of glass: "TEA/ SPOON" over graduated scale labelled 1-8, in increments of 2. On opposite side of glass is eteched "TABLE/ SPOON" over [shared] graduated scale labelled 1-3, in single increments.
- Missing
- COMPLETE.
- Finish
- CLEAR GLASS (PROBABLY BLOWN) HAS ETCHED MARKINGS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Cup, medicine, circa 1880–1900, Artifact no. 2002.0155, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0155.001/
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