Leather-covered wooden medicine chest with hinged lid and hinged swing doors at front

Made:
1771-1848 in France
Leather-covered wooden medicine chest with hinged lid and hinged swing doors at front

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Leather-covered wooden medicine chest with hinged lid and hinged swing doors at front, decorated with steel strapwork mounts, containing number of bottles with pewter caps, and cylindrical and rectangular pewter containers, very worm-eaten. Dispensed by 'Brevete', Chemist to the King, Paris, ' Rue du Roule No. 8', French, 1771-1848

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A79528
Materials:
wood, leather, steel, brass, lining, leather, chamois and lining, braid
Measurements:
approx: height 180 mm
length 240 mm
approx: width 165 mm
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Lelong du Dreneue

Parts

Square dimpled clear glass bottle with pontil mark and pewter cap

Square dimpled clear glass bottle with pontil mark and pewter cap

Square dimpled clear glass bottle with pontil mark and pewter cap, containing some unidentified brown resinous deposit

Measurements:
stopper: diameter 27 mm
with cap: height 54 mm
base: length 38 mm
base: width 36 mm
Materials:
glass , pewter and cap, pewter
Object Number:
A79528 Pt1
type:
bottles
Square dimpled clear glass bottle with potil mark and pewter cap

Square dimpled clear glass bottle with potil mark and pewter cap

Square dimpled clear glass bottle with potil mark and pewter cap, containing some unidentified white powder deposit

Measurements:
cap: diameter 23 mm
with cap: height 51 mm
base: length 38 mm
base: width 37 mm
Materials:
glass , pewter and cap, pewter
Object Number:
A79528 Pt2
type:
bottles
2 small rectangular dimpled clear glass bottles with pontil mark and pewter cap

2 small rectangular dimpled clear glass bottles with pontil mark and pewter cap

2 small rectangular dimpled clear glass bottles with pontil mark and pewter cap, containing some unidentified brown resinous deposit

Measurements:
cap: diameter 20 mm
with cap, approx: height 50 mm
base: length 24 mm
base: width 22 mm
Materials:
glass , pewter and cap, pewter
Object Number:
A79528 Pt3
type:
bottles
2 small rectangular dimpled clear glass bottles with pontil mark and pewter cap

2 small rectangular dimpled clear glass bottles with pontil mark and pewter cap

2 small rectangular dimpled clear glass bottles with pontil mark and pewter cap, containing some unidentified red powder

Measurements:
cap: diameter 20 mm
with cap, approx: height 50 mm
base: length 24 mm
base: width 22 mm
Materials:
glass , pewter and cap, pewter
Object Number:
A79528 Pt4
type:
bottles
Glass bottle with pontil mark

Glass bottle with pontil mark

Small rectangular dimpled clear glass bottle with pontil mark and pewter cap containing some unidentified white powdery deposit

Measurements:
cap: diameter 20 mm
with cap, approx: height 50 mm
base: length 24 mm
base: width 22 mm
Materials:
glass , pewter and cap, pewter
Object Number:
A79528 Pt5
type:
bottles
Cylindrical pewter container with screw cap

Cylindrical pewter container with screw cap

Cylindrical pewter container with screw cap, containing brown ointment supplied by de Lemaire, French

Measurements:
with cap: height 41 mm
cap: diameter 30 mm
body: diameter 22 mm
Materials:
pewter
Object Number:
A79528 Pt6
type:
containers
3 cylindrical pewter containers with screw caps containing dried up ointment

3 cylindrical pewter containers with screw caps containing dried up ointment

3 cylindrical pewter containers with screw caps containing dried up ointment, 2 with illegible paper labels

Measurements:
with cap: height 36 mm
cap: diameter 30 mm
body: diameter 24 mm
Materials:
pewter
Object Number:
A79528 Pt7
type:
containers
4 small cylindrical pewter containers with screw caps

4 small cylindrical pewter containers with screw caps

4 small cylindrical pewter containers with screw caps, empty

Measurements:
with cap: height 31 mm
cap: diameter 25 mm
body: diameter 20 mm
Materials:
pewter
Object Number:
A79528 Pt8
type:
containers
Pewter container

Pewter container

Rectangular pewter container with separate lid with ring handle once used for unidentified powder

Measurements:
length 122 mm
width 39 mm
height 35 mm
Materials:
pewter
Object Number:
A79528 Pt9
type:
containers
Pewter container

Pewter container

Rectangular pewter container with separate lid with ring handle once used for unidentified powder

Measurements:
length 122 mm
width 39 mm
height 35 mm
Materials:
pewter
Object Number:
A79528 Pt10
type:
containers
Leather-covered wooden medicine chest case with hinged lid and hinged swing doors at front

Leather-covered wooden medicine chest case with hinged lid and hinged swing doors at front

Leather-covered wooden medicine chest case with hinged lid and hinged swing doors at front, decorated with steel strapwork mounts (without contents see other parts), probably French, 1771-1848

Measurements:
approx: height 180 mm
length 240 mm
approx: width 165 mm
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) , chamois leather , leather , steel (metal) and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
A79528 Pt11
type:
case

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