Wooden medicine chest with 10 glass medicine bottles
- Made:
- 1760-1800
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Wooden medicine chest with 10 glass medicine bottles, owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799
Medicine chest owned by George Washington, with 10 empty bottles, c.1780
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A642789
- type:
- medicine chest
- credit:
- William Lanier Washington
Parts
Rectangular glass medicine bottle
Rectangular glass medicine bottle, with stopper, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799
- Measurements:
-
overall: 112 mm x 85 mm
- Materials:
- glass
- Object Number:
- A642789 Pt1/1
- type:
- medicine bottle
- Part of:
- A642789 Pt1
Rectangular glass medicine bottle
Rectangular glass medicine bottle, with stopper, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799
- Measurements:
-
overall: 112 mm x 85 mm
- Materials:
- glass
- Object Number:
- A642789 Pt1/2
- type:
- medicine bottle
- Part of:
- A642789 Pt1
Rectangular glass medicine bottle
Rectangular glass medicine bottle, with stopper, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799
- Measurements:
-
overall: 112 mm x 85 mm
- Materials:
- glass
- Object Number:
- A642789 Pt1/3
- type:
- medicine bottle
- Part of:
- A642789 Pt1
Square glass medicine bottle
Square glass medicine bottle, with stopper, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799
- Measurements:
-
overall: 115 mm x 42 mm
- Materials:
- glass
- Object Number:
- A642789 Pt2/1
- type:
- medicine bottle
- Part of:
- A642789 Pt2
Square glass medicine bottle
Square glass medicine bottle, with stopper, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799
- Measurements:
-
overall: 115 mm x 42 mm
- Materials:
- glass
- Object Number:
- A642789 Pt2/2
- type:
- medicine bottle
- Part of:
- A642789 Pt2
Square glass medicine bottle
Square glass medicine bottle, with stopper, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799
- Measurements:
-
overall: 110 mm x 33 mm
- Materials:
- glass
- Object Number:
- A642789 Pt3/1
- type:
- medicine bottle
- Part of:
- A642789 Pt3
Square glass medicine bottle
Square glass medicine bottle, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799
- Measurements:
-
overall: 110 mm x 33 mm
- Materials:
- glass
- Object Number:
- A642789 Pt3/2
- type:
- medicine bottle
- Part of:
- A642789 Pt3
Square glass medicine bottle
Square glass medicine bottle, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799
- Measurements:
-
overall: 110 mm x 33 mm
- Materials:
- glass
- Object Number:
- A642789 Pt3/3
- type:
- medicine bottle
- Part of:
- A642789 Pt3
Square glass medicine bottle
Square glass medicine bottle, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799
- Measurements:
-
overall: 110 mm x 33 mm
- Materials:
- glass
- Object Number:
- A642789 Pt3/4
- type:
- medicine bottle
- Part of:
- A642789 Pt3
Square glass medicine bottle
Square glass medicine bottle, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799
- Measurements:
-
overall: 110 mm x 33 mm
- Materials:
- glass
- Object Number:
- A642789 Pt3/5
- type:
- medicine bottle
- Part of:
- A642789 Pt3
Wooden medicine chest
Wooden medicine chest, with removable draw and space for 13 medicine bottles, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799. The top handle plate is engraved ‘G W’. Inside is an attached note of provenance from George Washington to William Lanier Washington.
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- A642789 Pt4
- type:
- case - container
