Rectangular oak medicine chest

Made:: 1831-1870

Rectangular oak medicine chest, brass handles and hinges
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Rectangular oak medicine chest, brass handles and hinges, side opening drawer, space for 3873 bottles and other items, now completely empty, English, mid 19th century

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Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A23847

Materials:: chest, oak, chest and hadle, brass and lining, felt

Measurements:: length 420 mm
width 275 mm
height 190 mm

type:: medicine chests

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Rectangular oak medicine chest

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