Cordial Chest for Bottles, 1750-1850

Made:
1750-1850 in Netherlands

Cordial chest for 9 bottles, shagreen covered containing 4 glass bottles, unlabelled, 3 with yellow liquid, 1 with red liquid, and one metal key with an attached ivory key ring, possibly Dutch, 1750-1850.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657746
Materials:
case, wood and covering, sharkskin
Measurements:
chest: length 161 mm
chest: width 235 mm
chest: height 195 mm
type:
medicine chest

Parts

Cordial chest for 9 bottles, shagreen covered containing 4 glass bottles, unlabelled, 3 with yellow liquid, 1 with red liquid, possibly Dutch, 1750-1850

Cordial Chest for Bottles, 1750-1850

Cordial chest for 9 bottles, shagreen covered containing 4 glass bottles, unlabelled, 3 with yellow liquid, 1 with red liquid, possibly Dutch, 1750-1850

Measurements:
chest: length 161 mm
chest: width 235 mm
chest: height 195 mm
Materials:
case, wood and covering, sharkskin
Object Number:
A657746/1
type:
medicine chest
Glass bottle with a rounded stopper, containing a yellow liquid, possibly Dutch, 1750-1850

Glass bottle with a rounded stopper

Glass bottle with a rounded stopper, containing a yellow liquid, possibly Dutch, 1750-1850

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A657746/2
type:
bottle
Glass bottle with a rounded stopper, containing a pale yellow liquid, possibly Dutch, 1750-1850

Glass bottle with a rounded stopper

Glass bottle with a rounded stopper, containing a pale yellow liquid, possibly Dutch, 1750-1850

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A657746/3
type:
bottle
Glass bottle with a flat oval stopper, containing a yellow liquid, possibly Dutch, 1750-1850

Glass bottle with an oval stopper

Glass bottle with a flat oval stopper, containing a yellow liquid, possibly Dutch, 1750-1850

Object Number:
A657746/4
type:
bottle
Glass bottle with a semi-rounded stopper, containing red residue, possibly Dutch, 1750-1850

Glass bottle with red residue

Glass bottle with a semi-rounded stopper, containing red residue, possibly Dutch, 1750-1850

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A657746/5
type:
bottle
Metal key attached to an ivory keyring for Cordial chest, possibly Dutch, 1750-1850.

Key attached to an ivory keyring

Metal key attached to an ivory keyring for Cordial chest, possibly Dutch, 1750-1850.

Measurements:
chest: length 161 mm
chest: width 235 mm
chest: height 195 mm
Materials:
metal (unknown) and ivory
Object Number:
A657746/6
type:
key - hardware and keyring

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