Specimen bottle of materia medica 'opoponax' (written in capitals)
Transluscent glass bottle, cylindrical in shape, with a wide chunky base, rim at top structure. Glass stopper with inverted truncated cone, rectangular finger grip on top. Bottom is marked with object number but not part number.
Contents appear to be dark brown in colour resembling lumps of dried resin. Container is full.
Handwritten label on the bottom reads 'OPOPONAX / XVII CENT' in black ink.
Details
- Category:
- Medical Glass-ware
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A603711 Pt26
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Measurements:
-
height 94 mm
diameter 44 mm
- type:
- bottle
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