Medicine chest and contents

Made:
1786-1795 in London
Medicine chest and contents, c

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Medicine chest and contents, c
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Medicine chest and contents, c.1789, said to belong to the Duke of York by Fogelgerg and Chawner, English

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A119982
Materials:
chest, mahogany, inlaid and lining, velvet
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Gray, E.M.

Parts

Glass bottle for paregoric elixir

Glass bottle for paregoric elixir

Glass bottle with glass stopper for paregoric elixir, empty. 97 mm x 31 mm x 31 mm, 116g. Handwritten note on back label reads, 'Good'. Folgelbert Chawner, English, 1786-1795.

Materials:
empty and glass
Object Number:
A119982 Pt13
type:
paregoric elixir and bottle
Drawer for opium

Drawer for opium

Wooden drawer for opium (one of four), now empty. 38 mm x 120mm x 110mm. Fogelbert Chawner, English, c. 1789.

Materials:
wood and empty
Object Number:
A119982 Pt14
type:
drawer and medicine chest