Medicine chest

Made:
1810-1830
Medicine chest, book-style opening

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Medicine chest, book-style opening
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Medicine chest, book-style opening, extensive contents including 3 liquid measures, set of weights, good bottles and drawers, blistering plaster, c.1820

Parts

Dispensing bottle of laudanum

Dispensing bottle of laudanum

Square glass dispensing bottle with glass stopper for Laudanum (opium tincture), with trace contents remaining. 70 mm x 30 mm x 40 mm. Printed and handwritten label reads, 'LAUDANUM/ DOSE/ from/10 to 30/ drops'. Unknown maker, probably English, 1810-1830.

Measurements:
overall: 70 mm x 30 mm x 40 mm,
Materials:
glass , opium and trace
Object Number:
A504 Pt4
type:
laudanum , opium and dispensing bottle
Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper for Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium)

Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper for Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium)

Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper for Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), with traces remaining. 81 mm x 48 mm x 44 mm, 206 g. Unknown maker, probably English, c. 1820.

Materials:
opium tincture , glass and trace
Object Number:
A504 Pt33
type:
bottle and opium
Powdered 'aromatic confection', inside Mahogany drawer

Powdered 'aromatic confection', inside Mahogany drawer

Wooden drawer insert with brass handle and sliding top filled with powdered 'aromatic confection'. 38 mm x 62 mm x 60 mm, 67g. Handwritten label reads,Conf. Aromat/Dose/Ten Grains to/Half a dram. Unknown maker, probably English, 1810-1830.

Materials:
wood , brass , opium and full
Object Number:
A504 Pt40
type:
drawer , medicine chest and opium
Small square glass bottle of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac)

Small square glass bottle of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac)

Small square glass bottle of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac) with metal stopper covering a cork. 33 mm x 30 mm x 26 mm, 40 g. Unknown maker, probably English, c. 1820.

Materials:
opium , ipecac , glass , metal , cork , sealing wax and complete
Object Number:
A504 Pt43
type:
bottle and opium