Wooden medicine chest with 10 glass medicine bottles

Made:: 1760-1800

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Wooden medicine chest with 10 glass medicine bottles, owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799

Medicine chest owned by George Washington, with 10 empty bottles, c.1780

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Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A642789

type:: medicine chest

credit:: William Lanier Washington

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Parts

Three rectangular glass medicine bottles with stoppers

Three rectangular glass medicine bottles, with stoppers, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A642789 Pt1

type:: bottle

Rectangular glass medicine bottle

Rectangular glass medicine bottle, with stopper, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799

Measurements:: overall: 112 mm x 85 mm

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A642789 Pt1/1

type:: medicine bottle

Part of:: A642789 Pt1

Rectangular glass medicine bottle

Rectangular glass medicine bottle, with stopper, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799

Measurements:: overall: 112 mm x 85 mm

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A642789 Pt1/2

type:: medicine bottle

Part of:: A642789 Pt1

Rectangular glass medicine bottle

Rectangular glass medicine bottle, with stopper, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799

Measurements:: overall: 112 mm x 85 mm

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A642789 Pt1/3

type:: medicine bottle

Part of:: A642789 Pt1

Two square glass medicine bottles with stoppers

Two square glass medicine bottles, with stoppers, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A642789 Pt2

type:: bottle

Square glass medicine bottle

Square glass medicine bottle, with stopper, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799

Measurements:: overall: 115 mm x 42 mm

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A642789 Pt2/1

type:: medicine bottle

Part of:: A642789 Pt2

Square glass medicine bottle

Square glass medicine bottle, with stopper, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799

Measurements:: overall: 115 mm x 42 mm

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A642789 Pt2/2

type:: medicine bottle

Part of:: A642789 Pt2

Five square glass medicine bottles

Five square glass medicine bottles, four without stoppers, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A642789 Pt3

type:: bottle

Square glass medicine bottle

Square glass medicine bottle, with stopper, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799

Measurements:: overall: 110 mm x 33 mm

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A642789 Pt3/1

type:: medicine bottle

Part of:: A642789 Pt3

Square glass medicine bottle

Square glass medicine bottle, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799

Measurements:: overall: 110 mm x 33 mm

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A642789 Pt3/2

type:: medicine bottle

Part of:: A642789 Pt3

Square glass medicine bottle

Square glass medicine bottle, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799

Measurements:: overall: 110 mm x 33 mm

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A642789 Pt3/3

type:: medicine bottle

Part of:: A642789 Pt3

Square glass medicine bottle

Square glass medicine bottle, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799

Measurements:: overall: 110 mm x 33 mm

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A642789 Pt3/4

type:: medicine bottle

Part of:: A642789 Pt3

Square glass medicine bottle

Square glass medicine bottle, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799

Measurements:: overall: 110 mm x 33 mm

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A642789 Pt3/5

type:: medicine bottle

Part of:: A642789 Pt3

Wooden medicine chest

Wooden medicine chest, with removable draw and space for 13 medicine bottles, part of a medicine chest owned by George Washington, unsigned, United States, 1780-1799. The top handle plate is engraved ‘G W’. Inside is an attached note of provenance from George Washington to William Lanier Washington.