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I was invited by the family to buy anything I wanted out of this house that belonged to a man that lived truly of the grid Kerosene lamps and no running water. Any way he didn't have much money but saved everything and died at age 97. I bought lots of bottles but this one has me stumped. I tried googling bottle with dauber and cup. I do believe it does all go together . He had it taped together with his name labels. The "cup" and bottle have ground glass and the cup fits tight. the "dauber" does not fit down in the bottle but fits exactly on top and the "cup" comes down to rest on it when closed. My guess is that it had a paper label at one time. Small air bubbles in the glass. Any ideas on age or purpose? the last photo is looking at the bottom.Thanks in advance.

 

Often when a bottle and cup go together like that you can find some using "tumble up" bottle or carafe when searching to find some. How big is yours? It looks rather small in the photo.

 

I agree with SIS that it is a small tumble up, but don't believe the stopper/dauber is original to it.

 

Similar bottles are called "balsam bottles". They are used for a solution of balsam that is used in mounting coverslips on microscope slides. The glass applicator is used to touch small amounts of the solution to the slide. The ground glass cap is made to create a tight seal, as the solution is volatile and evaporates easily.

 

It sure does resemble a balsam bottle but the stopper/dauber would still bother me. . .the glass applicator should be in the form of dropping rod shouldn't it? The stopper is too coarse & cumbersome to be used that way, imho.

 

I am with you on that! A stopper is used to seal the liquid in the bottle. If you can put water in the base/bottle, close the stopper and shake! if water is able to leak or in this case gush out, they were not made for each other.

 

I suspect medicinal: for inhaler drops. Friars Balsam or similar. At least, that's what it would be here.

 

Sorry forgot the size measures 3.5 inches all together. The dropper or dauber would not fit snug on any bottle. It appears to just be designed to sit on top. The cup pushes down and holds in place.

 

You are wonderful. I found my exact bottle still for sale in lab supply company site . Sells for $19.32. I knew it was to rough to be a perfume. They call that a glass applicator rod. Since you might be using it one handed you wouldn't want it to fit tight. Thank you so much . Mystery solved.