Name/TitleChemical: Viscal
About this objectA bottle previously containing 50 Viscal tablets.
The bottle is empty of tablets, but has cotton wool inside.
Manufactured by DHA (Laboratories) Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia.
Kindly donated by Judy and Michael Rice.
Date Made1936-1974
Place MadeMelbourne, Australia
Medium and MaterialsGlass, metal, paper, cotton wool
Inscription and MarksA rectangular shaped, brown glass bottle with round edges and a blue plastic screw top lid. The Australian Glass Manufacturer's skirt logo on the base provides a bottle manufacturing date of between 1930 and 1969. Also on the base is 'G753', 'M' and some illegible characters. The bottle has been manufactured with a two piece mould extending through the finish and the base has been separately applied. DHA was formed in 1936, providing a terminus post quem of 1936, and broken up in 1974 providing a terminus ante quem of 1974.
MeasurementsH9.8 x W4.3 x D3 cm
Object TypeChemicals
Object numberAR#13604
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