What is "bombolo"

Bumbelo \Bum"be*lo\, n.; pl. Bumbeloes. [It. bombola.] A glass used in subliming camphor. [Spelled also bombolo and bumbolo.]

n. (context obsolete English) A thin spheroidal glass retort or flask, used in the sublimation of camphor.

Franco Lechner, best known as Bombolo (22 May 1931 – 21 August 1987), was an Italian character actor and comedian.