[BCMA] Help Wanted: Mystery Objects

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Thank you everyone for the help! Glad to see #1 and 2 were identifiable.

Colleen, I do think the glass vials are medicinal and I assume would be
from around that time period. However there is no needle or thread in the
vials. The yellow one has larger chunks of debris, and the clear liquid
vile has smaller bits of debris and a detached piece of cylindrical glass
on the inside. As they are filled with unknown liquid, and as Barbara said
could be dangerous, I think we are going to dispose of them though I would
still love to know what they are.

But thank you all again for your help!

*Kelly Brown, **Museum Coordinator*
*PoCo Heri**tage Museum and Archives*
150 - 2248 McAllister Ave
Port Coquitlam BC  V3C 2A5
604-927-8403| info <president at pocoheritage.org>@pocoheritage.org
<president at pocoheritage.org>|www.pocoheritage.org



On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <
bcma at lists.vifa.ca> wrote:

> Hello Kelly,
>
> Mystery #3 looks vaguely familiar. My father was an ambulance driver in
> WWII and brought home a few things. One of them was glass vials that
> contained a small needle which had already been threaded with stitching
> thread for quick stitches during battle. Is this possible?
>
> Colleen
>
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 6:52 PM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <
> bcma at lists.vifa.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hello BCMA Members,
>>
>> We have come across some uncatalogued, unidentified objects in our
>> collections and are hoping some of you will know what they are!
>>
>> Mystery #1: Ceramic.
>>
>> Mystery #2: Ceramic/porcelain. Reminds me of clay pipe stems.
>>
>> Mystery #3: Glass vials with liquid and floating debris. Possibly
>> medicinal?
>>
>> Thank you for your help!
>>
>> *Kelly Brown, **Museum Coordinator*
>> *PoCo Heri**tage Museum and Archives*
>> 150 - 2248 McAllister Ave
>> Port Coquitlam BC  V3C 2A5
>> 604-927-8403| info <president at pocoheritage.org>@pocoheritage.org
>> <president at pocoheritage.org>|www.pocoheritage.org
>>
>>
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> Colleen Palumbo
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> Golden, BC
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