Rectangular leather medicine chest

Made:
1801-1900 in England
maker:
Allen & Hanburys Limited
Rectangular leather medicine chest, contains 23 glass bottles

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Rectangular leather medicine chest, contains 23 glass bottles
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Rectangular leather medicine chest, contains 23 glass bottles, 4 labelled, jars, plasters, scales, weights and palette knife, probably English, 1801-1900

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A240223
Materials:
leather, leatherette, brass, velvet and wood
Measurements:
length 187 mm
width 265 mm
depth 146 mm
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Foster

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