U+1F76D "🝭" Alchemical Symbol for Retort Unicode Character

U+1F76D "🝭" Alchemical Symbol for Retort is a historical typographic glyph that represents a specialized piece of laboratory glassware used in medieval and early modern chemistry and alchemy. The retort symbol depicts a vessel with a long, downward angled neck, which was employed for distillation processes, as the substance to be heated would be placed in the bulbous body while vapors condensed and collected in the neck. This character belongs to the Alchemical Symbols block of the Unicode standard, which encompasses a range of signs and diagrams that were once used by alchemists to denote various materials, processes, and equipment.