Clear glass bottle for potassium barotartrate
Clear glass bottle for potassium barotartrate, no stopper, empty
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Oak medicine chest, hinges lid, main body holds eight bottles, two front sections hinged, swivel to sides, each holds four bottles, tray in main section with letters, contents list and brass weights, Italian, 18th century
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A658116
- Materials:
- oak, handle, iron and lock, iron
- type:
- medicine chests
Parts
Glass bottle for laudanum
Clear glass bottle with a lead alloy stopper for laudanum (opium tincture)with traces remaining. 75 mm x 37 mm x 37 mm, 108 g. Handwritten inscription reads, 'LAUDEN/LIQUIDO'. Italian, 18th century.
- Materials:
- trace , glass , lead alloy and opium tincture
- Object Number:
- A658116 Pt2
Clear glass bottle with cork stopper and pewter grip for acqua de carmine
Clear glass bottle with cork stopper and pewter grip for acqua de carmine, empty
Clear glass bottle
Clear glass bottle, as above, pewter and cork stopper, pontil on base empty, no label
Clear glass bottle for acqua triacle and part 3
Clear glass bottle for acqua triacle and part 3, with pewter and cork stopper, empty
Clear glass bottle
Clear glass bottle, as part 3 with pewter and cork stopper, most of label ripped off, empty
Clear glass bottle for "wound" with something good for wounds as part 3
Clear glass bottle for "wound" with something good for wounds as part 3, empty
Clear glass bottle for rose pills
Clear glass bottle for rose pills, as part 3, empty, no stopper
Clear glass bottle with pewter and cork stopper
Clear glass bottle with pewter and cork stopper, no label, empty, as part 3
Clear glass bottle for "nitro"
Clear glass bottle for "nitro", pewter and cork stopper, pontil mark, as part 3, empty
Clear glass bottle for melissa water
Clear glass bottle for melissa water, as part 3, with pewter and cork stopper, pontil, empty
Clear glass bottle for simple balsam
Clear glass bottle for simple balsam, as part 3, pewter and cork stopper, empty
Clear glass bottle for bitter tincture
Clear glass bottle for bitter tincture, as part 3, pewter cork and stopper, pontil, empty
Clear glass bottle
Clear glass bottle, square in section, hunched shoulders flared rim, straight from shoulder, pewter and cork stopper, empty
Clear glass bottle for bitter inchilte
Clear glass bottle for bitter inchilte, as part 14, empty
Clear glass bottle for della scalla water
Clear glass bottle for della scalla water, as part 14, empty
Handwritten letter on piece of folded paper
Handwritten letter on piece of folded paper, Italian script, on two sides only
Contents list
Contents list across 2 pieces of paper, detailing costs, numbered erratically, in Italian script
- Object Number:
- A658116 Pt33
- type:
- contents list
Oak medicine chest
Oak medicine chest, hinges lid, without contents (see other parts for rest), Italian, 18th century
