Clear glass specimen jar with red paper lid

Made:
1849

Clear glass specimen jar with red paper lid, containing brown kola nuts of varying size, by Dr. Bowerback, Jamaica 1849, jar English (?), 1880 to 1920

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656155
Materials:
glass, lid, paper and wrapper, string
Measurements:
height 210 mm
max: diameter 72 mm
type:
specimen jars

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