Bottle of powdered opium
Narrow glass bottle with cork stopper and chamois covering full of opium powder. 73 mm x 20 mm x 20 mm, 36g. Unknown maker, English, c. 1860.
Medicine chest, fishskin covered, 18 bottles, 14 labelled, 9 by Garden of Oxford Street and 3 by Coley of Stroud, with glass pestle and mortar, 1800-1880
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A630163
- Materials:
- wood, fishskin, brass, velvet and incomplete
- Measurements:
-
overall: 187 mm x 198 mm x 225 mm,
- type:
- medicine chest
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
Parts
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