Small walnut(?) medicine chest with 2 hinged swing

Made:
1775-1850
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Small walnut(?) medicine chest with 2 hinged swing sections at front and hinged lid with half loop brass handle, chest decroated with brass strapwork, containing 10 rectangular clear glass bottles with screw pewter caps and pontil marks, and 4 cylindrical pewter containers, possibly Italian, European, 1775-1850

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658112
Materials:
walnut, ? material, brass and lining, plush
Measurements:
height 197 mm
length 207 mm
width 190 mm
type:
medicine chests

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