Me, too! These distillers (called alembics) appear in some of Bruegel's works and also Hieronymus Braunschweig wrote a book of distillation. If you google image search "Hieronymus Braunschweig distillation", you will find some examples, including this:
I took some pictures of a mid-17thC glass distilling jar to help explain to potters how the inside should be shaped and fit onto the, uhm, mash pot. (I'm sure there is a word for it.)
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Ok, that's it
Date: 2010-06-23 06:17 pm (UTC)There are so many simple ceramics like this that I want (and you want) and refuse to pay tons for.
Hopefully there will be another ceramics class offered here in July/August and I'm signing up for it!
Re: Ok, that's it
Date: 2010-06-23 06:34 pm (UTC)Re: Ok, that's it
Date: 2010-06-24 12:31 am (UTC)http://www.alchemywebsite.com/virtual_museum/book_of_distillation_room.html
I took some pictures of a mid-17thC glass distilling jar to help explain to potters how the inside should be shaped and fit onto the, uhm, mash pot. (I'm sure there is a word for it.)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottm/79262241/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottm/79262200/
Ta!
Re: Ok, that's it
Date: 2010-06-24 03:28 pm (UTC)