Small walnut(?) medicine chest with 2 hinged front

Made:: 1771-1850

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Small walnut(?) medicine chest with 2 hinged front sections and hinged lid, decorated with metal strapwork mounts containing 11 glass bottles with pewter screw on stoppers(9 labelled), 4 labelled cylindrical pewter containers, 5 labelled paper packets, no key, Italian(?), part of Gorga collection, 1771-1850

Glass bottle of 'Laudano'

1771-1850

Canister of Diascordio

1771-1850

Canister of Teriaca

1771-1850

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A656673

Materials:: walnut, ? material, knobs, pewter, knobs, iron and lining, paper

type:: medicine chests

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