Mahogany medicine chest with 15 glass bottles
- Made:
- 1800-1880
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Mahogany medicine chest with 15 glass bottles, 9 with labelled contents, various suppliers, English, nineteenth century
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A630125
- Materials:
- mahogany
- type:
- medicine chests
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
Parts
Glass bottle of Chlorodyne
Rectangular glass bottle with ground glass stopper one-quarter full of 'Chlorodyne' (morphine and chloroform tincture, with cannabis in some recipes). 106 mm x 27 mm x 34 mm, 93 g. Dispensed by W.R. Baker, Sidcup, English, 1850-1880.
- Measurements:
-
height 106 mm
width 27 mm
length 34 mm
93 g
- Materials:
- morphine , chloroform , cannabis , quarter-full and glass
- Object Number:
- A630125 Pt2
Unlabelled square clear glass bottle with glass stopper and residual powdery contents
Unlabelled square clear glass bottle with glass stopper and residual powdery contents
- Measurements:
-
height 109 mm
width 45 mm
length 45 mm
- Materials:
- glass and contents, powder, brown
- Object Number:
- A630125 Pt11
- type:
- bottles
Unlabelled square clear glass bottle with glass stopper
Unlabelled square clear glass bottle with glass stopper
- Measurements:
-
height 109 mm
width 45 mm
length 45 mm
- Materials:
- glass and contents, residue, brown
- Object Number:
- A630125 Pt12
- type:
- bottles
Unlabelled square clear glass bottle with metal cap
Unlabelled square clear glass bottle with metal cap
- Measurements:
-
height 82 mm
width 31 mm
length 26 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and cap, metal
- Object Number:
- A630125 Pt13
- type:
- bottles
Clear glass volumetric measure
Clear glass volumetric measure, engraved scale
Clear glass volumetric measure in a red cardboard tube
Clear glass volumetric measure in a red cardboard tube, engraved
- Measurements:
-
height 47 mm
max: diameter 18 mm
tube: height 53 mm
tube: diameter 21 mm
- Materials:
- glass and container, cardboard, red
- Object Number:
- A630125 Pt17
- type:
- measures
Unlabelled clear glass bottle with a cork stopper
Unlabelled clear glass bottle with a cork stopper
- Measurements:
-
height 50 mm
diameter 13 mm
- Materials:
- glass and stopper, cork
- Object Number:
- A630125 Pt18
- type:
- bottles
Clear glass phial with a wooden stopper for an unidentified preparation by W.R. Baker
Clear glass phial with a wooden stopper for an unidentified preparation by W.R. Baker, Sidcup
- Measurements:
-
height 80 mm
diameter 13 mm
- Materials:
- glass and stopper, wood
- Object Number:
- A630125 Pt19
- type:
- phials
Mahogany medicine chest case
Mahogany medicine chest case, without contents (see other parts for rest), English, 19th century
