British medicine chest and contents, 1840–1890
- Made:
- 1840-1890 in United Kingdom, London and Romford
- maker:
- Unknown
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Portable wooden medicine chest with a hinged lid, side drop handles and a front lock escutcheon. Containing 17 glass medicine bottles, two paper packets of drugs, two glass measures, a glass mortar and pestle, an applicator brush, and a pill tile. Includes items supplied by F. White & Son, Chemists of Romford and F. White, Chemist, of Commercial Road, London. Key missing. British, 1840-1890.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A23782
- Materials:
- wood, brass, iron, glass, paper (fibre product), ceramic (unspecified), hair (animal), feather and textile
- Measurements:
-
overall: 171 mm x 274 mm x 160 mm,
