Rectangular leather medicine chest lined with leatherette and velvet

Made:
1801-1900
Rectangular leather medicine chest lined with leatherette and

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Rectangular leather medicine chest lined with leatherette and
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Rectangular leather medicine chest lined with leatherette and velvet, contains 11 glass bottles (9 labelled), medicine measures, balances and weights, English, 1801-1900.

Parts

Bottle of aromatic confection

Bottle of aromatic confection

Rectangular glass bottle, kid covered stopper, half full of 'Aromatic Confection' (contains opium). 89 mm x 49 mm x 42 mm, 220g. Unknown maker, English, 19th century.

Materials:
glass , kid , opium and half-full
Object Number:
A54505 Pt2
type:
bottle and opium
Bottle for chlorodyne

Bottle for chlorodyne

Narrow rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper, empty, originally contained chlorodyne. 89 mm x 32 mm x 20 mm, 73 g. English, 19th century.

Materials:
glass and empty
Object Number:
A54505 Pt7
type:
bottles and pharmaceutical preparation
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).

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A54505 Pt8
type:
bottle and opium
Bottle of paregoric elixir

Bottle of paregoric elixir

Narrow rectangular bottle with chamois over stopper containing Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), half-full. 85 mm x 30 mm x 17 mm, 52 g. Unknown maker, English, 19th century.

Materials:
glass , half-full , paper , chamois , opium tincture and camphor
Object Number:
A54505 Pt9
type:
bottle and opium