Mahogani medicine chest, 1801-1900

Made:: 1801-1900 in England

Mahogani medicine chest, 1801-1900

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Medicine chest, mahogany, brass bound with 10 glass bottles (4 labelled), glass pestle and mortar, apothecary's balance, two brass coin weights by W. and T. Avery, (1847, first year of production), spatula, English, 1801-1900

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Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A112769

Materials:: chest, mahogany and chest, brass

type:: medicine chest

credit:: Foster

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Parts

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper for cinchona preparation

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper for cinchona preparation

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper for cinchona preparation, by Lewis and Burrows, London

Materials:: glass and contents, powder, white

Object Number:: A112769 Pt1

type:: bottle

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper for ammonia

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper for ammonia

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper for ammonia, dispensed by Lewis and Burrows, London

Materials:: glass and contents, liquid

Object Number:: A112769 Pt2

type:: bottles

Clear rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper

Clear rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper

Clear rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper, unlabelled

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A112769 Pt3

type:: bottles

Clear rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper

Clear rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper

Clear rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper, for sodium bicarbonate, dispensed by Lewis and Burrows, London

Materials:: glass and contents, powder, white

Object Number:: A112769 Pt4

type:: bottles

Clear rectangular bottle with glass stopper for tincture of myrrh

Clear rectangular bottle with glass stopper for tincture of myrrh

Clear rectangular bottle with glass stopper for tincture of myrrh, dispensed by Lewis and Burrows, London

Materials:: glass and contents, liquid, brown

Object Number:: A112769 Pt5

type:: bottles

5 unlabelled rectangular glass bottles with glass stoppers

5 unlabelled rectangular glass bottles with glass stoppers

5 unlabelled rectangular glass bottles with glass stoppers

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A112769 Pt6

type:: bottles

Brass, one dram apothecary's weight

Brass, one dram apothecary's weight

Brass, one dram apothecary's weight, English, 1847

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A112769 Pt7

type:: weights

Brass, two dram apothecary's weight

Brass, two dram apothecary's weight

Brass, two dram apothecary's weight, English, 1847

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A112769 Pt8

type:: weights

Clear glass bottle stopper

Clear glass bottle stopper

Clear glass bottle stopper

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A112769 Pt9

type:: bottle stoppers

Clear glass pestle

Clear glass pestle

Clear glass pestle

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A112769 Pt10

type:: pestles

Clear glass mortar

Clear glass mortar

Clear glass mortar

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A112769 Pt11

type:: mortars

Spatula with metal blade and wooden handle

Spatula with metal blade and wooden handle

Spatula with metal blade and wooden handle

Materials:: handle, wood and blade, iron

Object Number:: A112769 Pt12

type:: spatulas

Apothecary's balance with iron beam and brass pans

Apothecary's balance with iron beam and brass pans

Apothecary's balance with iron beam and brass pans

Materials:: pans, brass and beam, iron

Object Number:: A112769 Pt13

type:: balances

Medicine chest

Medicine chest

Medicine chest, mahogany case, brass bound, (without contents see other parts), English, nineteenth century

Materials:: chest, mahogany and chest, brass

Object Number:: A112769 Pt14

type:: case