Wooden drawer of oil bottles

Made:
Italy
maker:
Unknown

Wooden drawer from a medicine chest containing ten bottles of oil with vellum coverings. Drawer: 245mm x 90 mm x 60 mm, 390 g. Although most of the bottles are not labelled, a few are legible including 'Olio del gran duce', 'Olio coni. Veleni' and 'Olio de Spasimo'. Unknown maker, probably Italian.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A642016
Materials:
oil, glass, vellum and wood
Measurements:
length 245 mm
width 90 mm
depth 60 mm
390 g
type:
medicine chests and bottles
credit:
Wellcome Trust