Medicine chest

Made:
1801-1850 in England
maker:
Unknown
Medicine chest

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Medicine chest, mahogany, incomplete set of 19 glass bottles, one broken, 15 labelled, one spare stopper and 7 loose pieces of wood, first half of 19th century, English

Square glass bottle with glass stopper approximately one-quarter full of liquid Laudanum(opium tincture). 73 mm x 37 mm x 34 mm, 102g. Unknown maker, English, early nineteenth century.

Bottle of laudanum

1801-1850

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Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A23779
Materials:
chest, mahogany, handles, brass and pin, brass
Measurements:
length 305 mm
height 226 mm
width 148 mm
drawer: length 284 mm
drawer: width 136 mm
drawer: depth 79 mm
type:
medicine chests

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