Medicine chest with contents

Made:
1800-1830 in Camberwell and United Kingdom
maker:
Robert Hutchings Goddard
Medicine chest, winged front, from Reece's Medical Hall Medicine chest, winged front, from Reece's Medical Hall Medicine chest, winged front, from Reece's Medical Hall

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Medicine chest, winged front, from Reece's Medical Hall
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Medicine chest, winged front, from Reece's Medical Hall
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Medicine chest, winged front, from Reece's Medical Hall
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Medicine chest, winged front, from Reece's Medical Hall, Piccadilly, with 30 painted glass bottles and 4 drawers, 5 confection glasses, 1 probang, 3 boxes, 1 plaster spreader, 1 seal, 1 spatula, 1 bowl, 1 pill tile, 1 fleam, 1 lancet, 2 syringes, 4 visiting cards, 1 receipt and engraved plate, c1805

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A630142
Materials:
chest, mahogany, legs, brass, partly japanned, hinges and lock, brass and lock, iron
Measurements:
overall: 615 mm x 360 mm x 250 mm,
type:
medicine chest

Parts

Drawer with compartments for gum arabic and purified nitre

Drawer with compartments for gum arabic and purified nitre

Materials:
whole, mahogany and handle, brass
Object Number:
A630142 Pt24
type:
drawer
Drawer with compartments for cream of tartar and flowers of sulphur

Drawer with compartments for cream of tartar and flowers of sulphur

Materials:
drawer, mahogany and handle, brass
Object Number:
A630142 Pt25
type:
drawer
Pill box with 41 pills

Pill box with 41 pills

Materials:
box, card
Object Number:
A630142 Pt37
type:
box
Seal

Seal

Object Number:
A630142 Pt43
type:
seal
Bowl, possibly a mortar

Bowl, possibly a mortar

Materials:
whole, pottery
Object Number:
A630142 Pt45
type:
bowl
Confection glass of blistering plaster with brass lid (bottom drawer)

Confection glass of blistering plaster with brass lid (bottom drawer)

Materials:
whole, glass and lid, brass
Object Number:
A630142 Pt50
type:
glass
Confection glass with brass lid (bottom drawer) of brown cerale

Confection glass with brass lid (bottom drawer) of brown cerale

Materials:
whole, glass and lid, brass
Object Number:
A630142 Pt52
type:
glass
Confection glass with brass lid (colophony ointment)

Confection glass with brass lid (colophony ointment)

Materials:
whole, glass and lid, brass
Object Number:
A630142 Pt53
type:
glass