Jowlabar Collection



Three Way Ball Valve
This object is a white plastic box decorating with paper covered in writing/diagrams. Two grey plastic spouts stick out at right angles from two faces, these are screwed into sockets; one socket is missing its spout. There is a metal tap handle covered in red plastic on another face.
Three Way Ball Valve
This is a square plastic box covered in pirate-themed stickers. Three grey spouts emerge at right angles from three faces of the box. These are screwed into place and can be removed by unscrewing. On a fourth side there is a metal connection attached to a silver-coloured tap covered in [Read More...]
Ingots of Cerroshield Alloy
Two small metallic ingots. The ingots have a rectangular footprint and taper slightly towards the top surface. The ingots have moulded lettering on their top surfaces.
Pocket Barometer and Altimeter
A round instrument with a magnifying lens that can be positioned along the instrument’s circular scale. The instrument has a black metal housing and a silver engraved face under a glass cover. A black needle provides a reading along a circular dial. The scale is in metric.
Filter Papers
A cylindrical, unopened container of paper filters. The container is made from natural tree bark and contained five hundred “No. 00R” 11cm paper filters. The top and bottom surface are covered in a manufacturer’s label that is brown in colour.
Leitz Optical Microscope
This collection includes a microscope, its wooden box, and a number of additional components. This artefact consists of the following parts: 2017.che.48.1: A Bausch & Lomb optical microscope with a rotating bed and mechanical stage. The microscope is finished in black and polished steel. The head of the microscope is [Read More...]