Medicine chest

Made:
1863-1901 in London
maker:
Savory and Moore Limited
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Medicine chest, leather case, carrying strap on top
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Medicine chest, leather case, carrying strap on top
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Medicine chest, leather case, carrying strap on top
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Medicine chest, leather case, carrying strap on top
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Medicine chest, leather case, carrying strap on top, leather lid, two buckle down strap ( broken) and lock, internally compartmented to hold different sized bottles, contains 27 glass bottles, all labelled, made by Savory and Moore, 143 New Bond Street, London, W1, England, 1863-1901.

Bottle, clear glass, glass stoppered with seal for holding ammonia containing white powder

Bottle, for holding ammonia, containing white powder

Bottle, clear glass for holding compound camphor liniment, empty

Bottle, clear glass for holding compound camphor liniment

Bottle, clear glass, square sectioned with glass stopper, empty, used to hold aromatic ammonia spirit

Bottle, clear glass

Bottle, clear glass, square sectioned to hold bicarbonate of soda containing some white powder

Bottle, clear glass

Bottle, clear glass for stomachic aperient powder containing some fine dark pink powder

Bottle, clear glass for stomachic aperient powder containing some fine dark pink powder

Bottle, clear glass, rectangular sectioned for chlorate of potash, full of white powder

Bottle, clear glass

Bottle, clear glass for "Batley's" cinchona liquid extract, containing red-brown liquid

Bottle, clear glass for "Batley's" cinchona liquid extract

Bottle, clear glass for ipecacuanha wine, stained amber, empty, glass stoppered

Bottle, clear glass for ipecacuanha wine

Bottle, clear glass, glass stoppered for holding tincture of gentian

Bottle, clear glass

Bottle, glass, clear for compound cardamom tincture containing red tincture

Bottle, glass

Bottle, clear glass, stoppered for purified Epson Salts, empty

Bottle, clear glass

Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper of Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), full. 103 mm x 35 mm x 31 mm, 140 g. Produced by Savory and Moore, Ltd., London, 1863-1901.

Glass bottle of Paregoric Elixir

1863-1901
Bottle, clear glass, for Mindererus's spirit, (concentrated), empty

Bottle, clear glass

Colourless glass bottle, with glass stopper and paper label, containing Laudanum (tincture of opium). The bottle is labelled a poison. Trace contents of evaporated substance. Manufactured by 'Savory and Moore, Chemists to the Queen, H.R.H. the of Wales, H.H. the Khedive of Egypt, and c.' The bottle probably dates between 1860-1890.

Bottle, with glass stopper, containing Laudanum

Clear glass, rectangle-based bottle with glass stopper and paper label. To contain approximately 2 ounces of solution of muriate of morphia. Manufactured by Savory and Moore.

bottle

Bottle, clear glass, for spirit of lavender, glass stoppered, empty

Bottle, clear glass

Bottle, clear glass with stopper for spirit of nitre, empty

Bottle, clear glass with stopper for spirit of nitre

Bottle, clear glass for sulphate of zinc, glass stoppered

Bottle, clear glass for sulphate of zinc

Bottle, small clear glass with stopper, for borax, empty save for traces of powder on sides

Bottle, small clear glass with stopper

Bottle, small glass, stoppered, for calomel containing small quantity of white powder

Bottle, small glass

Bottle, small rectangular sectioned for bromide of potassium, holding white crystals

Bottle, small rectangular sectioned for bromide of potassium

Bottle, small clear glass for James's Fever powder containing small quantity of white powder

Bottle, small clear glass for James's Fever powder containing small quantity of white powder

Bottle, small clear glass for Grey Powder containing grey powder (mercury and chalk)

Bottle, small clear glass for Grey Powder containing grey powder (mercury and chalk)

Bottle, small clear glass for chloric aether, empty

Bottle, small clear glass for chloric aether

Bottle, small clear glass for chloral hydrate crystals, empty

Bottle, small clear glass for chloral hydrate crystals

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Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A23787
Materials:
leather, lock and buckles, metal, dividers, wood and lid lining, velvet
Measurements:
length 264 mm
width 190 mm
height 146 mm
type:
medicine chests

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