Eye Pipette; Package

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Eye Pipette; Package

Entry/Object ID

2004.007.002 a-b

Description

a) package b) pipette. a) oblong pasteboard box (one end flap missing) and sleeve. Top of sleeve reads: "RIGO eye pipette/[drawing]/Fitted with the best/quality large/size nipple/Note the round end". One side reads: "Round Ball Point will not injure the eye./Prescribed by all the Leading Eye Specialists." . Bottom reads: "Richards Glass Co., Limited/Toronto, Canada/Everything the Druggist needs in Glass". One side reads: "Absolutely the Best Dropper on the Market./Don't take Chances with a Cheap Medicine Dropper./Satisfaction Guaranteed". b) pipette consisting of a red rubber (now perished) nipple attached to a length of glass tubing which has been flame-drawn into a thinner diameter, slightly angled at distal end and finished with a small bulb having a central hole.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Cariou, Daphne

Notes

Accession Date: 01-Jun-04 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

pipette; package, eye pipette; package

Created By

Falk, M

Create Date

July 21, 2004

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

August 27, 2026