Brass bound mahogany medicine chest with 12 glass bottles

Made:
1840-1900
Brass bound mahogany medicine chest with 12 glass bottles

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Brass bound mahogany medicine chest with 12 glass bottles
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Brass bound mahogany medicine chest with 12 glass bottles, 4 labelled, and scales, 19th century

Parts

Small glass bottle of Dover's Powder

Small glass bottle of Dover's Powder

Small glass bottle with ground glass stopper of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 70 mm x 37 mm x 30 mm, 87g. Dispensed by Kingsland & Co., English, 1840-1900.

Measurements:
overall: 70 mm x 37 mm x 30 mm, 87g
Materials:
glass , paper , opium , ipecac and complete
Object Number:
A23915 Pt1
type:
bottle and opium
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Rectangle based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 1 ounce of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

Object Number:
A23915 Pt3
type:
bottle and opium
Wooden drawer from chest

Wooden drawer from chest

Wooden drawer from chest

Object Number:
A23915/6
type:
drawer