Mahogany medicine chest, 1801-1850

Made:: 1801-1850 in United Kingdom

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Medicine chest, mahogany, velvet lining, almost complete set of bottles, 26 in all (20 labelled), one drawer with bottles and 7 labelled jars, English, 1801-1850

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A630181

Materials:: chest, mahogany, lining, velvet and fittings, brass

type:: medicine chest

credit:: Pearse, W.H.

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Parts

Bottle for opium

Square glass bottle with glass stopper used for 'Opii', probably powdered opium, with trace contents remaining. 62 mm x 32 mm x 25 mm, 56g. Unknown maker, English, early nineteenth century.