Chemistry set
Stathams Laboratories
Category
Education objects
Date
circa 1939
Materials
Glass and metal
Measurements
Each test tube - 55 mm (height), Each chemical tin - 20 mm (height); 45 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Phoenix Place, 7
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 667657
Summary
Part of a chemistry set in a wooden box. There are three circular chemical tins. These have an orange lid and are marked with 'Superior Brand Chemicals'. These chemicals are 'Carbon No.24', 'Alum No.13' and 'Potassium Nitrate No.7'. All of the above is marked in black ink on the lids. There are also eighteen glass test tubes. Three of the test tubes have a paper label attached to them with a handwritten note in pencil. Some of the test tubes have been used. Total number of items is 21.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Miss E Grimwood Taylor in 1984.
Marks and inscriptions
On the label on a test tube: '[15] X 39 / [] / [Parish] / [Print] / Walk.' On the label on a test tube: 'Ta[l]k in / Cottage / Yard / [flak 74] / at [bottom]' On the label on a test tube: 'Talk by / Potting / Shed'
Makers and roles
Stathams Laboratories , maker