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Medicine chest, mahogany, disordered and incomplete, containing two drawers, both empty,ten0 assorted bottles, six labelled, a glass ointment jar, glass pestle and plaster spreader, made in England, 19th century
Square, clear glass bottle, with brass circular screw-top lid, unlabelled, containing remnants of white powder. From mahogany medicine chest, made in England, 19th century.
Square, clear glass bottle, with brass circular screw-top lid, with handwritten label reading 'Plaster of Paris', containing white powder. From mahogany medicine chest, made in England, 19th century.
Square, clear glass bottle, with circular top and glass stopper, unlabelled, containing yellow liquid. From mahogany medicine chest, made in England, 19th century.
Square, clear glass bottle, with circular top and glass stopper, unlabelled, containing a small amount of clear liquid. From mahogany medicine chest, made in England, 19th century.
Circular, clear glass bottle, with cork stopper, unlabelled, containing orange liquid. From mahogany medicine chest, made in England, 19th century.
Oval, clear glass bottle, with cork stopper, with printed label reading 'Compound Tincture of Cardamoms prepared according to the British Pharmacopeia'y, containing remnants of a viscous brown mixture. From mahogany medicine chest, made in England, 19th century.
Circular, glass bottle with glass stopper,with a handwritten label reading 'Morphia' containing liquid morphine (Liq. Morphia.) 123 mm x 32 mm diameter, 138g. Unknown maker. From mahogany medicine chest, made in England, 19th century.
Circular, clear glass bottle, with cork stopper, with handwritten label reading 'Oil of Geranium', containing a viscous orange liquid, Civil Service Supply Association Limited, dispsensed by J. Gibbs at 136 Victoria Street and Bedford Street, London. From mahogany medicine chest, made in England, 19th century.
Empty circular, green glass bottle, with cork stopper, with printed label reading 'Nux Vomica. 1' made by Thompson & Capper homeopathic chemists in Liverpool and Manchester. From mahogany medicine chest, made in England, 19th century.
Circular, clear glass bottle, with cork stopper, with handwritten label reading 'Cal. Phos.' or calcium phosphate, made by Thompson & Capper in Liverpool and Birkenhead. From mahogany medicine chest, made in England, 19th century.
Circular, glass jar of ointment, sealed with paper and string, with an obscured handwritten label reading '…ointment'. From mahogany medicine chest, made in England, 19th century.
Palette knife used for spreading plaster, with metal blade and wooden handle. From mahogany medicine chest, made in England, 19th century.
Twelve wooden dividers for sectioning the inside of the medicine chest,from mahogany medicine chest, made in England, 19th century.
Medicine chest, square mahogany with brass handle on the lid. Lid opens upwards to reveal main interior, beneath are two drawers each sectioned with slots for medicines and tools. The drawers are held in place with metal rods beneath the main lid, which must be removed before they open. Made in England, 19th century.
