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Following Julius Jeffreys invention in
1936 the respirator, intended to warm inhaled air and protect
against pollution and disease became popular in Victorian Britain.
This circa 1870 respirator is a high
quality device.
The
"Chemist & Druggist Diary" in 1879 lists a number of
different respirators for sale ranging from a "shilling respirator"
to 10 shillings and sixpence for the "manifold respirator of
variable power".
The main section of the mask consists of a single gold plated mesh
which is padded with purple velvet to fit around the mouth. Within the mask there are two
further double layered gold plated meshes which can be insert one on
top of the other. Housed in its original Moroccan leather fitted
case with gold embossed lettering on the lid which reads "Bourne &
Taylor's Manifold Respirator London. |
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