Specie jar

Made:: 1770-1850

Specie jar, English, 1770-1850, green glass, used for sal ammoniac(?)

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Category:: Medical Glass-ware

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A632408

Materials:: glass, green, blown

type:: bottles

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