Chemistry set
Stathams Laboratories
Category
Education objects
Date
circa 1939
Materials
Glass and cork
Measurements
Each bottle - 30 mm (width); 90 mm (height)
Place of origin
Phoenix Place, 7
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 667656
Summary
Part of a chemistry set in a wooden box. There are 36 blue glass rectangular bottles with cork stoppers. The majority of these are empty, some have broken corks and chemical remains down the sides. Each of the bottles is marked 'Stratham's Laboratories' on a paper label, in black ink, along with the chemical's name. The chemicals are; Zinc Carbonate, Sodium Phosphate, Ammonium Carbonate, Manganese Sulphate, Sodium Carbonate, Ammonium Oxalate, Cobalt Nitrate, Barium Nitrate, Potassium Thiocyanate, Ammonium Chloride, Potassium Ferricyanide, Sodium Bisulphite, Ferrous Sulphate, Ferric Alum, Potassium Nitrate, Copper Sulphate, Ferric Chloride, Potassium Chlorate, Magnesium Sulphate, Sodium Thiosulphate, Methyl Orange (Soin.), Nickel Sulphate, Calcium Hydroxide, Iron Filings, Aluminium Sulphate, Stannous Chloride, Potassium Chromate, Sulphur, Tataric Acid, Potassium Nitrate, Litmus Powder, Phenol Phthalein (Soin.), Tannic Acid, Hydroxide, Strontium Nitrate and Potassium Permanganate. Total number of items is 36.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Miss E Grimwood Taylor in 1984.
Makers and roles
Stathams Laboratories , maker