Medicine chest with 14 cut glass bottles

Made:
1751-1800
Medicine chest with 14 cut glass bottles, medicine glass

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Medicine chest with 14 cut glass bottles, medicine glass
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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
credit:
Haldin-Davis

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