Medicine chest with 14 cut glass bottles

Made:
1751-1800 in unknown
maker:
Unknown
Medicine chest with 14 cut glass bottles

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Beaded medicine chest with 14 cut glass bottles, medicine glass, scales and weights, and alabaster mortar and pestle, 2nd half of 18th century with later beadwork on exterior, property of Dr. R. William (1757-1812).

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A642792
Materials:
chest, wood, chest, tortoiseshell, chest, cloth and chest, glass, beads
Measurements:
height 170 mm
length 255 mm
width 260 mm
type:
medicine chests, medicine bottle and materia medica
credit:
Haldin-Davis

Parts

Fourteen clear cut glass medicine bottles with cut glass stoppers, unlabelled, some containing residue, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Fourteen square cut glass medicine bottles, some containing residue

Fourteen clear cut glass medicine bottles with cut glass stoppers, unlabelled, some containing residue, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/1
type:
medicine bottle and materia medica
Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Empty, square, cut glass medicine bottle

Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/1/1
type:
medicine bottle
Part of:
A642792/1
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing brown residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing brown residue

Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing brown residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/1/2
type:
medicine bottle and materia medica
Part of:
A642792/1
Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Empty, square, cut glass medicine bottle

Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/1/3
type:
medicine bottle
Part of:
A642792/1
Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Empty, square, cut glass medicine bottle

Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/1/4
type:
medicine bottle
Part of:
A642792/1
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing powdery brown residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing residue

Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing powdery brown residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/1/5
type:
medicine bottle and materia medica
Part of:
A642792/1
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing powdery brown residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing residue

Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing powdery brown residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/1/6
type:
medicine bottle and materia medica
Part of:
A642792/1
Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Empty, square, cut glass medicine bottle

Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/1/7
type:
medicine bottle
Part of:
A642792/1
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing a few flakes of brown powdery residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing residue

Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing a few flakes of brown powdery residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/1/8
type:
medicine bottle and materia medica
Part of:
A642792/1
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing white powdery residue in one corner, and brown powdery residue in the diagonally opposite corner, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing residue

Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing white powdery residue in one corner, and brown powdery residue in the diagonally opposite corner, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/1/9
type:
medicine bottle and materia medica
Part of:
A642792/1
Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Empty, square, cut glass medicine bottle

Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/1/10
type:
medicine bottle
Part of:
A642792/1
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing a few flakes of brown powdery residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing residue

Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing a few flakes of brown powdery residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/1/11
type:
medicine bottle and materia medica
Part of:
A642792/1
Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Empty, square, cut glass medicine bottle

Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/1/12
type:
medicine bottle
Part of:
A642792/1
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing white powder residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing residue

Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing white powder residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/1/13
type:
medicine bottle and materia medica
Part of:
A642792/1
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing a single large, brown flake of previous contents, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing single flake of previous contents

Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing a single large, brown flake of previous contents, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/1/14
type:
medicine bottle and materia medica
Part of:
A642792/1
Clear drinking glass with cut-glass decoration, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Drinking glass with cut-glass decoration

Clear drinking glass with cut-glass decoration, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
complete and glass
Object Number:
A642792/2
type:
drinking glass
Metal key for medicine chest, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Metal key

Metal key for medicine chest, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
metal (unknown) and complete
Object Number:
A642792/3
type:
key
Cream-coloured stone mortar with groove around outer rim, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Cream-coloured stone mortar

Cream-coloured stone mortar with groove around outer rim, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
stone and complete
Object Number:
A642792/4
type:
mortar
Cream-coloured stone pestle, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Cream-coloured stone pestle

Cream-coloured stone pestle, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
stone and complete
Object Number:
A642792/5
type:
pestle
Metal scales consisting of steel beam with two metal pans attached by green string, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Metal weighing scales

Metal scales consisting of steel beam with two metal pans attached by green string, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Metal six grain weight consisting of foil square with six circles punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Six grain weight

Metal six grain weight consisting of foil square with six circles punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
metal (unknown) and complete
Object Number:
A642792/7
type:
weight
Metal five grain weight consisting of foil square with five circles punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Five grain weight

Metal five grain weight consisting of foil square with five circles punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
metal (unknown) and complete
Object Number:
A642792/8
type:
weight
Metal four grain weight consisting of foil square with four circles punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Four grain weight

Metal four grain weight consisting of foil square with four circles punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
metal (unknown) and complete
Object Number:
A642792/9
type:
weight
Metal three grain weight consisting of foil square with three circles punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Three grain weight

Metal three grain weight consisting of foil square with three circles punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
metal (unknown) and complete
Object Number:
A642792/10
type:
weight
Metal two grain weight consisting of foil square with two circles punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Two grain weight

Metal two grain weight consisting of foil square with two circles punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
metal (unknown) and complete
Object Number:
A642792/11
type:
weight
Metal one grain weight consisting of foil square with one circle punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

One grain weight

Metal one grain weight consisting of foil square with one circle punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.

Materials:
metal (unknown) and complete
Object Number:
A642792/12
type:
weight