European triptych medicine chest with contents, 1751-1860

Made:: 1751-1860 in France

maker:: Unknown

European triptych medicine chest with contents, 1751-1860

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Triptych wooden medicine chest with hinged front sections and a hinged lid, decorated with metal strapwork mounts, hinges, fittings and locks; key missing. The chest contains seven unlabelled glass medicine bottles with pewter fittings, containing unidentified powders, crystal deposits and liquid residue; three cylindrical pewter pots containing traces of ointment; and a glass bowl. The interior is lined with coloured paper and the underside of the lid with patterned textile. Possibly Italian or French, 1751-1860.

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A67481

Materials:: wood (unidentified), iron, glass and pewter (tin, antimony, copper alloy)

Measurements:: overall: 158 mm x 161 mm x 144 mm,

type:: medicine chests, materia medica, medicine bottles, pot - container and bowl

credit:: Charavay

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Triptych wooden medicine chest with a domed, hinged lid fitted with a metal carrying handle, double swing-front compartments, and locks. Decorated with metal strapwork floral mounts, hinges, and fittings, possibly of Italian or French manufacture, 1751-1860. The main compartment contains a shelf divided into six compartments, the front three fitted with arched viewing windows, above a drawer in the base. Each swing-front compartment contains four compartments, the front two fitted with arched viewing windows, above a drawer. The underside of the lid is lined with a ribbed woven textile decorated with a repeating floral motif in shades of pink and brown.

European triptych medicine chest, 1751-1860

Measurements:: overall: 158 mm x 161 mm x 144 mm,

Materials:: iron and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: A67481/1

type:: medicine chest

Clear square-section glass bottle with sloping shoulders and a short cylindrical neck, containing a red powder and fitted with a pewter screw cap and collar. Unlabelled. From a European triptych medicine chest, 1751-1860.

Medicine bottle of unlabelled red powder, 1751-1860

Measurements:: overall: 80 mm x 21 mm x 21 mm,

Materials:: pewter and glass

Object Number:: A67481/2

type:: materia medica and medicine bottle

Clear square-section glass bottle with sloping shoulders and a short cylindrical neck, containing traces of an amber powder. Fitted with a pewter screw cap and collar. Unlabelled. From a European triptych medicine chest, 1751-1860.

Medicine bottle of unlabelled powder residue, 1751-1860

Measurements:: overall: 80 mm x 21 mm x 21 mm,

Materials:: glass and pewter

Object Number:: A67481/3

type:: materia medica and medicine bottle

Clear square-section glass bottle with sloping shoulders and a short cylindrical neck, containing a golden-yellow powder. Fitted with a pewter collar; the screw cap is missing. Unlabelled. From a European triptych medicine chest, 1751-1860.

Medicine bottle of unlabelled golden powder, 1751-1860

Measurements:: overall: 80 mm x 21 mm x 21 mm,

Materials:: glass and pewter

Object Number:: A67481/4

type:: materia medica and medicine bottle