Surgeon's case containing bowl, dish, pots, containers, and bottles

Made:
1801-1860

Oval leather covered barber surgeon's case, with silver plated bowl and covered dish, 4 ceramic pots with lids, 6 nesting containers, three glass bottles, one with stopper, English, 1801-1860

Details

Category:
Public Health & Hygiene
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A43271
Materials:
wood, lining, cloth, woollen, covering, leather, clasps, steel and handle, steel
Measurements:
max: height 190 mm
max: length 430 mm
width 292 mm
type:
surgeon's case

Parts

Shaving bowl from barber surgeon's case

Shaving bowl from barber surgeon's case

Over silver plated shaving bowl with crescent excision from rim and deep depressed base, probably English, 1801-1860

Measurements:
height 61 mm
length 352 mm
width 266 mm
Materials:
brass (silver plated)
Object Number:
A43271 Pt1
type:
shaving bowls
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Spherical silver plated soap dish on circular base with hinged lid

Spherical silver plated soap dish on circular base with hinged lid

Spherical silver plated soap dish on circular base with hinged lid, probably English, 1801 1860

Measurements:
height 90 mm
max: diameter 86 mm
max: width 95 mm
Materials:
brass (silver plated)
Object Number:
A43271 Pt2
type:
soap dishes
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Two cylindrical creamware pots with separate lids

Two cylindrical creamware pots with separate lids

2 cylindrical creamware pots with separate lids with impressed mark on base, L. Noel, London, 1801-1860

Measurements:
height 90 mm
max: diameter 90 mm
Materials:
creamware
Object Number:
A43271 Pt3
type:
pots
One creamware pot with lid

One creamware pot with lid

One creamware pot with lid

Materials:
earthenware
Object Number:
A43271 Pt3/1
type:
pots
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
A43271 Pt3
One creamware pot with lid

One creamware pot with lid

One creamware pot with lid

Materials:
earthenware
Object Number:
A43271 Pt3/2
type:
pots
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
A43271 Pt3
Two earthenware pots with separate lids

Two earthenware pots with separate lids

2 cylindrical white glazed earthenware pots with separate lids, slightly chipped, probably English, 1801-1860

Measurements:
max: height 75 mm
max: diameter 57 mm
Materials:
earthenware (tin glazed), white
Object Number:
A43271 Pt4
type:
pots
One earthenware pot with lid

One earthenware pot with lid

One earthenware pot with lid

Materials:
earthenware
Object Number:
A43271 Pt4/1
type:
pots
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
A43271 Pt4
One earthenware pot with lid

One earthenware pot with lid

One earthenware pot with lid

Materials:
earthenware
Object Number:
A43271 Pt4/2
type:
pots
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
A43271 Pt4
Two glass jars

Two glass jars

2 jars, made of glass, globular with pontil marks, probably English, 1801-1860

Measurements:
height 62 mm
max: diameter 63 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A43271 Pt5
type:
ointment jars
One glass jar

One glass jar

One glass jar

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A43271 Pt5/1
type:
jar
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
A43271 Pt5
One glass jar

One glass jar

One glass jar

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A43271 Pt5/2
type:
jar
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
A43271 Pt5
Bottle, with stopper with spherical thumbpiece

Bottle, with stopper with spherical thumbpiece

Clear glass bottle, cylindrical, with stopper with spherical thumbpiece, probably English, 1860-1890

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A43271 Pt6
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Porcelain eye bath with base

Porcelain eye bath with base

Porcelain eye bath with foot, probably English, 1801-1860

Measurements:
height 45 mm
max: width 45 mm
Materials:
porcelain
Object Number:
A43271 Pt7
type:
eye baths
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Six numbered white earthenware flat containers

Six numbered white earthenware flat containers

Stack of six numbered white earthenware flat containers, probably English, 1801-1860

Measurements:
stack: height 58 mm
diameter 60 mm
Materials:
earthenware (tin glazed)
Object Number:
A43271 Pt8
type:
containers
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Oval leather covered barber surgeon's case

Oval leather covered barber surgeon's case

Oval leather covered barber surgeon's case, outside in poor condition (without contents see other parts), English, 1801-1860

Measurements:
max: height 190 mm
max: length 430 mm
width 292 mm
Materials:
leather , steel (metal) , wood (unidentified) and wool (unspecified)
Object Number:
A43271 Pt9
type:
case
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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