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  • 85/1497 Crucibles (6), ceramic, used at Sydney Observatory workshop, maker unknown
  • 85/1498 Ladles (2), (metallurgists), iron, used at Sydney Observatory workshop, maker unknown, c 1950
  • 85/1499 Pit saw, steel blade, wooden handle, used at Sydney Observatory workshop, maker unknown, 1950-1960
  • 85/1500 Pitch-fork, (garden or hay), used at Sydney Observatory workshop, 1930-1950
  • Two rain gauge measuring cylinders.
    85/1913 Rain gauges (2), measuring cylinders, glass, made by Angelo Tornaghi, used at Sydney Observatory, New South Wales, Australia, 1861-1900
  • 85/1914 Sieve, cylindrical, copper, used at Sydney Observatory workshop, [Australia]
  • 85/1915 Funnel, conical, ceramic, size 6 (or 9), used at Sydney Observatory workshop, [1930-1950]
  • 85/1916 Mortar & pestle, ceramic, used at Sydney Observatory workshop, made in [England]
  • 85/1917 Cylinder, glass, graduated, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1918 Cylinder, glass, graduated, stoppered, used at Sydney Observatory, Australia, 20th century
  • 85/1919 Measuring vessel, possibly rain gauge, glass with spout, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1920 Tubing (2 pieces), chemical glassware, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1921 Watch glasses (2), used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1922 Test tube, fused silica, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1923 Tube, sealed glass, containing liquid, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1924 Glass discharge tube, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1925 Discharge tubes (3), glass, (containing powders), used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1926 Vessels (5), glass, handblown, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1927 Filter flask, glass, used at Sydney Observatory, Crown, Australia
  • 85/1928 Boiling flasks (2), glass, used at Sydney Observatory
  • 85/1929 Funnel & filter chamber, porcelain/glass, used at Sydney Observatory, Buchner's, Japan/England
  • 85/1930 Roentgen tubes (2), X-ray, used at Sydney Observatory, Newton & Co, London, England

Names

Crown Crystal and Crown Corning Glass Collections and Archive

IDs

2009

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/search_tags.php?tag=crown+crystal

Descriptions

This collection of over 500 objects and archive contains Australian glass manufactured by Crown Crystal and later the Crown Corning companies for a 60 year period from the end of the first World War to the late 1970s.

This collection of over 500 objects contains Australian glass manufactured by Crown Crystal and later the Crown Corning companies for a 60 year period from the end of the first World War to the late 1970s. The collection includes many familiar items from Australian homes such as salad bowls, serving dishes, jugs, vases and drinking glasses. Hand cut crystal including the Grimwade line and carnival glass with Australian animal and plant motifs are also featured. Glassware for hotels, milk bars and restaurants such as beer glasses, bowls for ice cream sundaes, parfait glasses, dishes for banana splits, milk shake glasses and counter dispensers is included as well as industrial items such as insulators and laboratory glassware including flasks, gauge glasses, ounce measures and funnels. The archive consists of five order books of carbon copies of orders for moulds to be used in the production of glass objects from 17 April 1930 to January 1952. The orders are mainly for regular lines of domestic glassware, but also include orders for laboratory glassware and special defence orders during World War II for insulators, blood transfusion bottles, etc. The details recorded on each order are the date, the mould order number and a description of the job.

By appointment

Some material is available on the Powerhouse Museum website. It has not been fully digitised and records contain varying levels of information. A printed guide to the archive is available at the museum (85/525).

Subjects

Archives; Laboratory equipment; Order books; Tableware

Commercial glassware; Domestic glass; Glassware; Manufacturing

Crown Corning Ltd; Crown Crystal Glass Pty Ltd

Coverage Spatial

Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia

Coverage Temporal

1920

1979

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Dates

2013-12-10 12:55