Mahogany medicine chest, hinged lid, swing back fronts, compartments containing 12 glass bottles (11 labelled) and 3 pewter cannisters (1 labelled), with 2 empty drawers below, Italian, 1780-1870
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657742
- Materials:
- mahogany, fittings, iron and lining, paper
- type:
- medicine chest
Parts
Bottle from mahogany medicine chest, 1780-1870
Clear glass bottle, empty, with pewter screw-on cap, for 'salfato di chincino' (cinchona and sulphur), from mahogany medicine chest, Italian, 1780-1870
Canister from mahogany medicine chest, 1780-1870
Pewter canister, cylindrical, screw-threaded cap, for 'cremove di tartaro' (potassium borotartrate), with contents, from mahogany medicine chest, Italian, 1780-1870
Mahogany medicine chest, 1780-1870
Mahogany medicine chest, hinged lid, swing back fronts, compartments and 6 drawers (2 empty), Italian, 1780-1870
- Materials:
- mahogany , fittings, iron and lining, paper
- Object Number:
- A657742/16
- type:
- medicine chest
