Mahogany medicine chest with contents

Made:
1831-1870
Mahogany medicine chest with contents

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Mahogany medicine chest with hinged locking flaps front and back, containing 3 empty bottles, 8 bottles of medicine, palette knife, mortar and pestle, balance, and 2 empty bottles once containing weights, box engraved with the name 'R Somerset Esq', English, 1831-1870

Two empty medicine bottles, rectangular with faceted shoulders and glass stoppers, from mahogany medicine chest

Two empty medicine bottles

Tall rectangular bottle with sloping shoulders and faceted rim, with glass stopper, containing remnants of extract of ginger (brown liquid), prepared in London

Medicine bottle for extract of ginger

1831-1870
Bottle once containing opodeldoc prepared by Decastro and Watson, London, "Chymists To His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Wilton Place, Belgrave Square"

Bottle for soap linament and opodeldoc linament

1871-1900
Bottle of Gregory's Powder, rectangular bottle with sloping shoulders and faceted rim, with glass stopper, containing pink-brown powder, prepared by Decastro and Watson, London

Bottle of rhubarb and Gregory's Powder

1871-1900
Rectangular bottle for sal volatile and ammonia, printed label "Sal Volatile, Dose - Thirty drops to one drachm", prepared by DeCastro and Watson, London

Bottle of sal volatile and ammonia solution

1871-1900
Glass bottle with glass stopper for 'Cholera Drops' with traces of original contents remaining. 117 mm x 37 mm x 45 mm, 173g. Label reads, 'Cholera Drops/ A teaspoonful in a little/ water and repeat in an/ hour if required.' Bottle is dated to the 19th of August 1864. Dispensed by Decastro and Watson Chemists, English, 1864.

Bottle for Cholera Drops

1864
Small empty rectangular medicine bottle with glass stopper, from mahogany medicine chest

Empty medicine bottle

Bottle of mercurous chloride powder (calomel), small rectangular bottle with squared shoulders and faceted rim, containing white powder, prepared by Decastro and Watson, London

Bottle of calomel

1871-1900
Narrow glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecacuanha). 65 mm x 20 mm x 35 mm, 71g. Dispensed by Decastro and Watson Chemists, English, 1831-1870.

Bottle of Dover's Powder

1831-1870
Bottle of antimonial powder, small rectangular bottle with squared shoulder and glass stopper, containing white powder, prepared by DeCastro and Watson, London

Bottle of antimonial powder

1871-1900
Palette knife made by W Wilson, steel blade with rounded tip, set into wooden handle, from mahogany medicine chest

Palette knife with wooden handle

1831-1870
Round glass bottle with metal lid, containing compound rhubarb pills, label gives dosages and name and address of preparer, DeCastro and Watson, London

Jar of rhubarb pills

1871-1900
Glass mortar, flat rounded base and lip for pouring, from mahogany medicine chest

Glass mortar

Glass pestle, elongated shape with rounded grinding end and flattened circular finial, from mahogany medicine chest

Glass pestle

Steel beam balance, upward-pointing pin, weight below knife-edge fulcrum, with brass pans hung from silk thread, fenestrated swan-necked beam ends

Swan-necked beam balance

Pink and cream card box once containing scruple and dram weights, circular, labelled "Reece's Medical Hall Scruple & Drachm Weights 168 Piccadilly"

Empty box for weights

Pink and cream card box once containing grain weights, circular, labelled "Reece's Medical Hall Grain Weights 168 Piccadilly"

Empty box for weights

Mahogany medicine chest with hinged locking flaps front and back, containing 3 empty bottles, 8 bottles of medicine, palette knife, mortar and pestle, balance, and 2 empty bottles once containing weights, box engraved with the name 'R Somerset Esq', English, 1831-1870

Mahogany medicine chest with contents

1831-1870

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A22163
Materials:
mahogany and brass
Measurements:
overall: 220 mm x 232 mm x 118 mm,
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Knight, Frank and Rutley

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