Medicine chest

Made:
1850-1880
Medicine chest

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Medicine chest, hinged lid, with 18 glass bottles, 13 labelled, 5 spare glass stoppers, c1860

Bottle of hartshorn and oil & ammonia liniment & linseed & drug. Bottle shape: rectangular with depressed faces. No stopper. By J Wiggn, Pharmaceutical Chemist, corner of Berners Street, S. Matthew's.

Bottle of hartshorn and oil & ammonia liniment & linseed & drug

Bottle of liniment & drug. Bottle shape: circular. Cork stopper. Label: The liniment/.../E. Matcham. Homeopathic Chemist, 50 Westgate Street, Ipswich, near Hyde Park Corner.

Bottle of liniment & drug

Bottle of Goulard's water, with lead subacetate solution & drug. Bottle shape: circular. Glass stopper. Labelled 'Mr Francis Priddle, West Ham'.

Bottle of Goulard's water

Bottle of almond oil & drug. Bottle shape: circular. Glass stopper. By C. Morris. 2 overlapping torn labels.

Bottle of almond oil & drug

Bottle of essence of white heliotrope, empty. Bottle shape: circular. No stopper. From the Provincial Co-operative Drug Co., 16 Westgate Street, and 1 Providence Street, Ipswich.

Bottle of essence of white heliotrope, empty

Bottle of liniment. Bottle shape; circular. No stopper. Contains residue. Label: The Liniment, Wood, Pharmaceutical Chemist, Harlow.

Bottle of liniment

Bottle of oil (unknown) & drug. Bottle shape: circular.

Bottle of oil (unknown) & drug

Bottle of Spirit of Hartshorn. Hartshorn & ammonia & drug. Bottle shape: circular. Gradige & Son; Family & Dispensing Chemists; 14 High Street, Andover.

Bottle of Spirit of Hartshorn

Bottle of castor oil & drug. Bottle shape: circular. Label reads 'Cold Drawn Castor Oil. G. Morris, Dispensing Chemist, Stoke Newington, Enfield & Wood Green N. and 215, Leytonstone Road, Stratford, E.'

Bottle of cold drawn castor oil

Bottle of Munday's "Viridine". The cure for corns. Label featuring directions for use. Prepared by J. Munday, 1, High Street, Cardiff.

Bottle of Munday's Viridine

Bottle of unknown drug. Residue remains. Bottle shape: circular. Label reads 'To be used twice a week. Miss L. Hunt'

Bottle of unknown drug

Bottle of sodium compound (unknown) & drug. Residue. Bottle shape: circular. Handwritten label is damaged, visible section reads 'sodium'. No stopper.

Bottle of unknown sodium compound

Glass bottle from medicine chest. Residue remains. Bottle shape: circular. No stopper.

Bottle from medicine chest

Five glass bottle stoppers from medicine chest. Measurements (width x height): 32mm x 40mm, 39mm x 40mm, 22mm x 36mm, 22mm x 36mm, 22mm x 42mm.

Five Glass Stoppers

Bottle of castor oil, small amount of residue. Bottle shape: circular. Glass stopper. By Gradidge & Son, family & dispending chemists, High Street, Andover.

Bottle of Castor Oil

Bottle of Ginger Powder. Bottle shape: circular. Glass stopper. Small amount of powder.

Bottle of Ginger Powder

Bottle of Potassium Permanganate powder. Botte shape: circular. Glass stopper.

Bottle of Potassium Permanganate powder

Bottle of drug (unknown), liquid. Bottle shape: circular. Glass stopper.

Bottle of drug (unknown)

Bottle of Ferrous Chloride. Bottle shape: circular. Glass stopper. Dark liquid. Handwritten label: Fe2CI3.

Bottle of Ferrous Chloride

Cloth from medicine chest.

Cloth from medicine chest

Medicine chest with hinged lid. 16 circular slots for bottles, 13 rectangular compartments.

Medicine Chest

1850-1880

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A23814
Materials:
chest, wood, hinges, brass and lining, felt, green
Measurements:
height 163 mm
length 251 mm
width 337 mm
type:
medicine chests

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