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.
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.
