Leather medicine chest, 1801-1900

Made:
1801-1900 in United Kingdom
Leather medicine chest, 1801-1900

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Small rectangular leather medicine chest, lined with leatherette, containing 19 glass bottles, plasters, lint, palette knife, balance, weights and cylinder, English, 1801-1900

Glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering full of Collis-Browne's Chlorodyne. 87 mm x 30 mm x 17 mm, 71g. Dispensed by Williams and Elvey Chemists, London, nineteenth century.

Bottle of Collis Browne's Chlorodyne

1801-1900
Glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering full of Laudanum (opium tincture). 87 mm x 30 mm x 17 mm, 62g. Dispensed by Williams and Elvey Chemists, London, nineteenth century.

Bottle of Laudanum

1801-1900

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655803
Materials:
chest, leather, brass, lining, leatherette and lining, velvet
Measurements:
length 155 mm
width 255 mm
depth 120 mm
type:
medicine chest
credit:
Gosland, W.H.

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