Medicine chest

Made:
1801-1900
Medicine chest

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Medicine chest, mahogany, disordered and incomplete, 2 drawers, both empty, 10 assorted bottles, 6 labelled, glass ointment jar, broken glass pestle and plaster spreader, English, 19th century

Round glass bottle with glass stopper full of liquid morphine (Liq. Morphia.) 123 mm x 32 mm diameter, 138g. Unknown maker, English, 19th century

Round bottle of liquid morphine

1801-1900

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Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A23865
Materials:
chest, mahogany and fittings, brass
Measurements:
height 222 mm
length 225 mm
width 193 mm
drawer: length 100 mm
drawer: width 183 mm
drawer: depth 49 mm
type:
medicine chests

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