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At one point, Christle discovers that the Victorians did not actually collect their tears in glass vials, called lachrymatories; nonetheless, the image gives her a metaphor for her process.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2020

This, possibly the remains of lachrymatories, was very different from the modern bottle-green, which resembles the old Roman.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The opening of ancient baths, burial vaults, &c. has led to the finding of tesselated pavements, coins, urns, rings, lachrymatories, seals, monumental inscriptions, medals, statues, chains, sacrificing vessels, &c.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 343, November 29, 1828 by Various

The peasants, in digging, have likewise found many urns, lachrymatories, and sepulchral stones, with epitaphs, which are now dispersed among different convents and private houses.

From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

Lachrymatories.—In many ancient places of sepulture we find long narrow phials which are called lachrymatories, and are supposed to have been receptacles for tears: can you inform me on what authority this supposition rests?

From Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 by Various