Wooden triptych medicine chest with handle and decorative fittings with contents

Made:
1770-1830 in Germany
maker:
Unknown
Wooden triptych medicine chest with handle and decorative fittings with contents

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Wooden triptych medicine chest with handle and decorative fittings, perhaps German, with contents, 1770-1830

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Object Number:
1981-1804
Materials:
wood and iron
Measurements:
height 195 mm
length 185 mm
width 190 mm
type:
medicine chest

Parts

Eight empty clear glass bottles with pewter mounts and lids from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Eight empty clear glass bottles

Eight empty clear glass bottles with pewter mounts and lids from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Measurements:
height 89 mm
width 33 mm
Materials:
glass and pewter
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt1
type:
bottles
Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Empty clear glass bottle

Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Materials:
glass and pewter
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt1/1
type:
bottles
Part of:
1981-1804 Pt1
Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Empty clear glass bottle

Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Materials:
glass and pewter
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt1/2
type:
bottles
Part of:
1981-1804 Pt1
Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Empty clear glass bottle

Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Materials:
glass and pewter
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt1/3
type:
bottles
Part of:
1981-1804 Pt1
Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Empty clear glass bottle

Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Materials:
glass and pewter
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt1/4
type:
bottles
Part of:
1981-1804 Pt1
Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Empty clear glass bottle

Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Materials:
glass and pewter
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt1/5
type:
bottles
Part of:
1981-1804 Pt1
Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Empty clear glass bottle

Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Materials:
glass and pewter
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt1/6
type:
bottles
Part of:
1981-1804 Pt1
Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Empty clear glass bottle

Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Materials:
glass and pewter
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt1/7
type:
bottles
Part of:
1981-1804 Pt1
Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Empty clear glass bottle

Empty, clear, square glass bottle with pewter mount and lid from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Materials:
glass and pewter
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt1/8
type:
bottles
Part of:
1981-1804 Pt1
Four empty cylindrical pewter pots from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Four cylindrical pewter pots

Four empty cylindrical pewter pots from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Measurements:
height 64 mm
diameter 35 mm
Materials:
pewter
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt2
type:
pots
Empty cylindrical pewter pot from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Empty cylindrical pewter pot

Empty cylindrical pewter pot from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Measurements:
height 64 mm
diameter 35 mm
Materials:
pewter
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt2/1
type:
pots
Part of:
1981-1804 Pt2
Empty cylindrical pewter pot from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Empty cylindrical pewter pot

Empty cylindrical pewter pot from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Measurements:
height 64 mm
diameter 35 mm
Materials:
pewter
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt2/2
type:
pots
Part of:
1981-1804 Pt2
Empty cylindrical pewter pot from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Empty cylindrical pewter pot

Empty cylindrical pewter pot from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Measurements:
height 64 mm
diameter 35 mm
Materials:
pewter
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt2/3
type:
pots
Part of:
1981-1804 Pt2
Empty cylindrical pewter pot from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Empty cylindrical pewter pot

Empty cylindrical pewter pot from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Measurements:
height 64 mm
diameter 35 mm
Materials:
pewter
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt2/4
type:
pots
Part of:
1981-1804 Pt2
Two empty, square tin-plated iron bottles from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Two empty, square tin-plated bottles

Two empty, square tin-plated iron bottles from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Measurements:
height 82 mm
width 30 mm
Materials:
iron (tin plated)
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt3
type:
bottles
Empty, square tin-plated iron bottle from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Empty, square tin-plated bottles

Empty, square tin-plated iron bottle from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Measurements:
height 82 mm
width 30 mm
Materials:
iron (tin plated)
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt3/1
type:
bottles
Part of:
1981-1804 Pt3
Empty, square tin-plated iron bottle from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Empty, square tin-plated bottles

Empty, square tin-plated iron bottle from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Measurements:
height 82 mm
width 30 mm
Materials:
iron (tin plated)
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt3/2
type:
bottles
Part of:
1981-1804 Pt3
Pot, pewter, for balm, from Guerlain, Paris, cuckoo, from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Pewter pot

Pot, pewter, for balm, from Guerlain, Paris, cuckoo, from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Measurements:
height 29 mm
diameter 26 mm
Materials:
pewter
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt4
type:
pots
Label for unknown sale, paper from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Label for unknown sale

Label for unknown sale, paper from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Measurements:
length 140 mm
width 18 mm
Materials:
paper
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt5
type:
labels
Label for Olio Dimpiricon, paper from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Label for Olio Dimpiricon

Label for Olio Dimpiricon, paper from wooden triptych medicine chest, perhaps German, 1770-1830

Measurements:
length 46 mm
width 26 mm
Materials:
paper
Object Number:
1981-1804 Pt6
type:
labels