Medicine chest

Made:
1801-1900
Medicine chest, mahogany, with 14 glass bottles, 3 labelled

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Medicine chest, mahogany, with 14 glass bottles, 3 labelled, 4 fitted glass bowls in right-hand lower drawer, and a pewter measuring cup (in lid), 19th century.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A200829
Materials:
chest, mahogany, handle, clasps, brass, hinges, brass and bottles, 12, glass, clear, ground
Measurements:
height 370 mm
width 280 mm
length 220 mm
type:
medicine chest
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Bottle of Alexandrian Senna

Bottle of Alexandrian Senna

Bottle of Alexandrian Senna

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A200829/2
type:
bottle
Bottle of Pure Glycerine

Bottle of Pure Glycerine

Bottle of Pure Glycerine

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A200829/3
type:
bottle
10 empty glass bottles (2 absent), 4 fitted glass bowls in right-hand lower drawer, and a pewter measuring cup (in lid), 19th century.

10 empty glass bottles (2 absent)

10 empty glass bottles (2 absent), 4 fitted glass bowls in right-hand lower drawer, and a pewter measuring cup (in lid), 19th century.

Object Number:
A200829/4
type:
bottles

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