Glasco clear glass reservoir eye bath
 Catalogue Number: 2456 Glasco clear glass reservoir eye bath Category: Equipment Sub-Category: Eye baths, bottles, jars Designer/inventor: Carl G Hilgenberg Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c1936 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Baltimore Md USA Publisher/Manufacturer: Carr-Lowry Glass Company Description Of Item: Clear moulded glass reservoir eye bath: bulbous reservoir base surmounted by oval eye cup. Base impressed 'GLASCO PAT D-99865'. Height 45mm x Width 40mm. The patent for this design of 'eyecup' was granted as US Design 99865 on June 2 1936 to Carl G Hilgenberg of Baltimore, Md, and assigned to the Carr-Lowry Glass Company of Baltimore. The Glasco Product Company of Chicago was a glass distributor and sold products of several manufacturers. Ref: Sturrock: Eye Baths, 2012, Millstream Books. How Acquired: Donated by Pamela R Sutton Date Acquired: July 2014 Condition: Good but moulding fault in neck Location: Archive Office. Spectacles cabinet Drawer 18 |