Flame spills

Copper-flame spills in a bag. These paper spills (for a copper flame) come from a 14-drawer cabinet found in the Herschel family home in the 1950s. The contents of this and a similar cabinet seem to suggest that they were used by successive generations of the family to store specimens, material and apparatus for carrying out experiments.


The packaging reads: 'Copper-flame spills (with notes) by ASH /85'
The accompanying notes relate to some chemistry experiments he had been trying out.

Object Details

ID: AST1030.59
Type: Cabinet contents
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Herschel, Alexander Stewart
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Herschel Collection
Measurements: Bag: 40 x 205 x 190 mm
Parts: Cabinet