- Other Name
- POCKET NASAL SPRAY
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- GLASS, CORK, STRING
- Catalogue Number
- P19750031000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- POCKET NASAL SPRAY
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- GLASS, CORK, STRING
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Length
- 18.4
- Width
- 12.7
- Description
- THIS ITEM IS BELIEVED TO BE A PORTABLE POCKET ATOMIZER OR NASAL SPRAY. MEDICINE WOULD BE SPAYED INTO NASAL PASSAGES BY PULLING PLUNGER BACK THEN FILLING IT & PUSHING PLUNGER IN. PLUNGER HAS GREEN GLASS SHANK. CORK SEAL WITH A WOOD CAP.
- Subjects
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- TOILET ARTICLE
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- ORIGINAL OWNER WAS AN ASTHMATIC. REFER TO P19750025000-GA FOR HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING AN ITEM DONATED BY JOAN MIEKE. RESEARCH DONE TO LOCATE FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE DONOR WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
- Catalogue Number
- P19750031000
- Acquisition Date
- 1975-02
- Collection
- Museum