French Pharmacy Zinc Oxide Jar

Description

Heading : 19^th century chemists jar
Date : Mid 19th century
Origin : France
Colour : Blue
Bowl : A round funnel with an everted rim for easier sealing and enamelled label ‘Oxyde Zinc’
Foot : Conical
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Soda
Size : 8cm tall with a 6cm bowl and a 4.9cm foot
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks
Restoration : None
Weight : 116 grams

Additional information : An antique jar to contain Zinc oxide or ZnO to any chemists who may be reading. A French colourmaker would have used the contents of this jar in order to make Zinc White. an oil or water colour paint which proved whiter and colder than Titanium or Lead white. Zinc oxide was also used to whiten the faces of ladies once it was discovred in the 18th century that ;ead oxide was non optimal. It is still used today in sunblock.