Chemistry set
Stathams Laboratories
Category
Education objects
Date
circa 1939
Materials
Metal
Measurements
Scissor tongs - 160 mm (length), Other tongs - 125 mm (length), Metal tube - 200 mm (length), Each clamp (min) - 35 mm (length), Each clamp (max) - 60 mm (length), Each piece of gauze (min) - 108 mm (width); 108 mm (height), Each piece of gauze (max) - 120 mm (width); 130 mm (height)
Place of origin
Phoenix Place, 7
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 667661
Summary
Part of a chemistry set in a wooden box. The pieces are as follows; One pair of metal tongs with scissor handles, slightly rusty. One pair of metal tongs with a circular spiral at one end. The other end has a single hook shape, opposite a double hook shape made up of two parallel lines. Metal discs are placed on the sides, presumably to hold the tongs in place. One long black painted metal tube tapering at one end. At the larger end protrudes a yellow metal tube at a right angle to the main part. The larger end is closed, but the small end is open. Two small metal clamps with eyes at one end. Attached to the eye is a straight part consisting of two parallel lines. These criss-cross each other at right angles at the bottom, turn a right angle and end with two small circular discs. One is plain, the other painted black. Two additional metal clamps. These consist of a central column with a screw thread. This is inside a metal frame with two horizontal pieces, and two vertical pieces. The bottom vertical piece hinges outwards. One is a darker colour than the other. Two pieces of gauze of different sizes with a white painted circle in the centre. Total number of items is 9.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Miss E Grimwood Taylor in 1984.
Makers and roles
Stathams Laboratories , maker