Description

A good cased example of Maynard’s patent chloroform dripping bottle.Introduced in the last quarter of the 19th century, Maynard’s patent was still in use during the early decades of the last century, as evidenced by it presence in manufacturers’ catalogs of that period. Maynard’s patent relates to the stopper, which could be turned into an open (dripping) position or a closed one What appears to be a chip on the bottle rim is actually a notch used for alignment. This can be verified in the last image, a cut from the Arnold & Sons 1895 catalogue. The  Maynard bottle came in various sizes  and this is the smallest of them: 2 oz.. The height of the case closed (as in second image) is approx. 5″ or 12.5cm; diameter: 1.5″ or 3.75cm.