Rectangular mahogany medicine chest with brass fittings and velvet lining

Made:: 1801-1900

Rectangular mahogany medicine chest with brass fittings and
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Rectangular mahogany medicine chest with brass fittings and velvet lining, contains 5 cut glass bottles, probably for spirits or cordials, possibly English, 1801-1900

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Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A23893

Materials:: chest, mahogany, velvet, brass and content, glass

Measurements:: chest: length 130 mm
chest: width 270 mm
chest: depth 139 mm
bottle: length 105 mm
bottle: width 75 mm
bottle: depth 113 mm

type:: medicine chests

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Rectangular mahogany medicine chest with brass fittings and velvet lining

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