Medicine chest

Medicine chest, bottles from various suppliers, scruffy contents, from L.W. Wood of London, c.1830

Parts

Bottle for Paregoric elixir

Bottle for Paregoric elixir

Glass bottle with ground glass stopper used for Spirit of Camphor, Paregoric and Laudanum(opium tincture), with brown traces remaining. 100 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 118g. Bottle was re-used for these different substances as labels are layered over each other. Dispensed by F. Blidberg, Forest Gate, London, 1870-1930.

Measurements:
overall: 100 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 118g
Materials:
glass , paper , opium tincture and trace
Object Number:
A23886 Pt4
type:
medicine chest , bottle and opium