Bottle of laudanum

PART OF:
Medicine chest
Made:
1801-1850 in England
maker:
Unknown

Square glass bottle with glass stopper approximately one-quarter full of liquid Laudanum(opium tincture). 73 mm x 37 mm x 34 mm, 102g. Unknown maker, English, early nineteenth century.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A23779 Pt17
Materials:
glass and opium tincture
Measurements:
overall: 73 mm x 37 mm x 34 mm, 102g
type:
bottle and opium
credit:
Wellcome Trust