Medicine chest with contents

Made:
1820-1840

Medicine chest, rosewood with silver fittings, contains pewter funnel and 8 glass bottles with excellent labels, mostly by Savory and Moore, c1830

Empty bottle for paregoric elixir, square base and glass stopper, Savory, Moore & Co, London

Empty bottle for paregoric elixir

Bottle of essence of peppermint, square base and glass stopper, Savory, Moore & Co, London

Bottle of essence of peppermint

Bottle of antimonial wine, square base and glass stopper, Grindle Chemist & Druggist, Pall Mall

Bottle of antimonial wine

Empty medicine bottle, glass with square base and glass stopper, from rosewood medicine chest

Empty medicine bottle

Bottle of compound spirit of lavender, glass bottle with square base and glass stopper, labelled "SPT Lavender Comp", by E Langley Chemist & Druggist, Dorking

Bottle of compound spirit of lavender

Bottle of antimonial wine, square base and glass stopper, Savory, Moore & Co, London

Bottle of antimonial wine

Square glass bottle with glass stopper approximately half full of Laudanum (opium tincture). 95 mm x 30 mm x 28 mm, 102g. Dispensed by W. B. Hudson, London, c1830.

Bottle of Laudanum

1820-1840
Funnel from medicine chest, rosewood with silver fittings, c1830

Funnel from rosewood medicine chest

Key to medicine chest, rosewood with silver fittings, containing pewter funnel and 8 glass bottles with excellent labels, mostly by Savory and Moore, c1830

Funnel from rosewood medicine chest

Medicine chest, rosewood with silver fittings, contains pewter funnel and 8 glass bottles with excellent labels, mostly by Savory and Moore, c1830

Medicine chest with contents

1820-1840

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A23870
Materials:
chest, rosewood, mounts and hinges, silver and lining, velvet, red
Measurements:
125 x 150 x 146 mm
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust

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