Elaborate um-shaped wooden herb box with tuned pedestal foot

Elaborate urn-shaped wooden herb box with tuned pedestal foot, conical lid and waisted body, decorated, European (?), 1801-1900

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657627
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
height 350 mm
foot: diameter 135 mm
rim: diameter 155 mm
type:
herb boxes

Parts

Herb box

Herb box

Urn-shaped wooden herb box with tuned pedestal foot, and waisted body, possibly Europe, 1801-1900

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A657627/1
type:
herb box
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Lid for wooden herb box

Lid for wooden herb box

Lid for urn-shaped wooden herb box, possibly Europe, 1801-1900

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A657627/2
type:
pot lid and herb box
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum