The furnace with its Retort

A The glass courge gourd lutée sealed with clay with its glass alembic distilling head.

B the glass cornue retort coated with lut luting clay.

C. the uescie vessel body of copper, tinned on the inside, made in an oval shape and very suitable for drawing oils.

D. the copper alembic head tinned on the inside, which is fitted into the aforementioned vessel body.

F. the alembic refrigeratoire cooling head, a vessel of letton latten or brass full of cold water.

G the glass alembic head with its cooling vessel.

A watercolor illustration depicts various alchemical distillation tools. At the top, a circular red-brick furnace with two square vents holds a green glass retort. The neck of the retort connects to a glass receiver sitting on a wooden pedestal. Below the furnace, six different vessels are shown and labeled with letters. Vessel A is a green cucurbit with an alembic head; B is a green retort; C is a red-orange oval vessel; D is a red-orange alembic head; F and G are nested vessels featuring an orange outer cooling container and a yellow inner head.