Tall narrow rectangular medicine chest with hinged lid and front opening drawer

Made:
1831-1870
Tall narrow rectangular medicine chest with hinged lid and front opening drawer

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Tall narrow rectangular medicine chest with hinged lid and front opening drawer, containing 10 glass bottles, 8 labelled, a balance, and a pencilled prescription, English, 1831-1870

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A243201
Materials:
wood, brass and velvet
Measurements:
height 228 mm
length 252 mm
depth 92 mm
type:
medicine chests

Parts

Bottle of powdered Chamomile prepared by Walter Plumbly

Bottle of powdered Chamomile prepared by Walter Plumbly

Bottle of powdered Chamomile prepared by Walter Plumbly, Beccles, Suffolk

Measurements:
height 127 mm
width 62 mm
depth 36 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A243201 Pt1
type:
bottles
Bottle of Turkey Rhubarb powder

Bottle of Turkey Rhubarb powder

Bottle of Turkey Rhubarb powder, England

Measurements:
height 115 mm
width 60 mm
depth 37 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A243201 Pt2
type:
bottles
Bottle of Soda prepared by E.H. Kellam

Bottle of Soda prepared by E.H. Kellam

Bottle of Soda prepared by E.H. Kellam, M.P.S., Beccles, Suffolk

Measurements:
height 120 mm
width 62 mm
depth 38 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A243201 Pt3
type:
bottles
Bottle of Best Powdered Rhubarb prepared by Walter Plumbly of Beccles

Bottle of Best Powdered Rhubarb prepared by Walter Plumbly of Beccles

Bottle of Best Powdered Rhubarb prepared by Walter Plumbly of Beccles, Suffolk

Measurements:
height 127 mm
width 62 mm
depth 39 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A243201 Pt4
type:
bottles
Bottle of Boracic powder prepared by E.H. Kellam

Bottle of Boracic powder prepared by E.H. Kellam

Bottle of Boracic powder prepared by E.H. Kellam, Beccles

Measurements:
height 127 mm
width 63 mm
depth 39 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A243201 Pt5
type:
bottles
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Rectangle based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 1 ounce of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex). Only trace contents remains.

Measurements:
height 64 mm
width 34 mm
depth 18 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A243201 Pt6
type:
bottle and opium
Empty small rectangular bottle with glass stopper

Empty small rectangular bottle with glass stopper

Empty small rectangular bottle with glass stopper

Measurements:
height 65 mm
width 33 mm
depth 18 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A243201 Pt7
type:
bottles
Small bottle of Calomel

Small bottle of Calomel

Small bottle of Calomel, stopper covered with kid and tied with string

Measurements:
height 69 mm
width 38 mm
depth 19 mm
Materials:
glass and kid
Object Number:
A243201 Pt8
type:
bottles
Bottle of Salts of Lemon prepared by Walter Plumbly

Bottle of Salts of Lemon prepared by Walter Plumbly

Bottle of Salts of Lemon prepared by Walter Plumbly, Beccles, Suffolk

Measurements:
height 64 mm
width 37 mm
depth 30 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A243201 Pt9
type:
bottles
Nearly empty squat rectangular bottle containing a little brown sediment

Nearly empty squat rectangular bottle containing a little brown sediment

Nearly empty squat rectangular bottle containing a little brown sediment

Measurements:
height 69 mm
width 36 mm
depth 29 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A243201 Pt10
type:
bottles
Balance with steel beam

Balance with steel beam

Balance with steel beam, brass pans, beam has fenestrated swan-neck beam ends

Measurements:
height 245 mm
width 170 mm
depth 55 mm
Materials:
steel , brass and silk
Object Number:
A243201 Pt11
type:
balances
Folded piece of paper with prescription ingredients noted in pencil

Folded piece of paper with prescription ingredients noted in pencil

Folded piece of paper with prescription ingredients noted in pencil

Measurements:
width 60 mm
length 75 mm
Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A243201 Pt12
type:
prescription
Tall narrow rectangular medicine chest case

Tall narrow rectangular medicine chest case

Tall narrow rectangular medicine chest case with hinged lid and front opening drawer (without contents see other parts), English, 1831-1870

Measurements:
height 228 mm
length 252 mm
depth 92 mm
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) , velvet and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
A243201 Pt13
type:
case

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