Medicine chest

Made:
1800-1840
Medicine chest, fishskin covered, with five empty glass bottles

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Medicine chest, fishskin covered, with five empty glass bottles
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Medicine chest, fishskin covered, with five empty glass bottles, (3 are cuckoos), c1820

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A630165
Materials:
chest, fishskin, covered, lining, velvet and handle and key guard, brass
Measurements:
height 131 mm
length 90 mm
width 114 mm
type:
medicine chests

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