Wooden chest with hinged front and hinged lid

Made:
1750-1850 in France

Wooden chest with hinged front and hinged lid, containing 14 glass bottles, 10 cylindrical pewter ointment pots and cardboard containers, with 117 packets, well stocked with contents including gold foil prepared by Prozet of Orleans and box of scales and weights by Pourin of Paris, part of Debacq collection, French, 1751-1850

Parts

Two glass bottles with stoppers from medicine chest

Two glass bottles with stoppers from medicine chest

Two glass bottles, empty, with cork stoppers and pontil marks, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
glass and cork
Object Number:
A23862/1
type:
bottle and medicine chest
Glass bottle from medicine chest

Glass bottle from medicine chest

Glass bottle with glass stopper, jammed in compartment, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A23862/2
type:
bottle and medicine chest
Two glass bottles from medicine chest

Two glass bottles from medicine chest

Two glass bottles, empty, with cork stoppers and pontil marks, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
glass and cork
Object Number:
A23862/3
type:
bottle and medicine chest
Pale green glass bottle from medicine chest

Pale green glass bottle from medicine chest

Pale green glass bottle, empty, with cork stopper and pontil mark, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
glass and cork
Object Number:
A23862/4
type:
bottle and medicine chest
Bottle of ‘Hoffman’s Visceral Elixir’ from medicine chest

Bottle of ‘Hoffman’s Visceral Elixir’ from medicine chest

Glass bottle of ‘Hoffman’s Visceral Elixir’, contains brown fluid, with glass stopper, from medicine chest, prepared by Prozet, Rue Royale, Orléans, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A23862/5
type:
bottle , materia medica and medicine chest
Bottle of ‘Baume du Commandeur' from medicine chest

Bottle of ‘Baume du Commandeur' from medicine chest

Glass bottle of ‘Baume du Commandeur’ (Balm), contains brown fluid, with glass stopper, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A23862/6
type:
bottle , materia medica and medicine chest
Bottle for ‘Liqueur Minerale Hoffman’s Anodyne' from medicine chest

Bottle for ‘Liqueur Minerale Hoffman’s Anodyne' from medicine chest

Glass bottle for ‘Liqueur Minerale Hoffman’s Anodyne' (Compound spirit of ether and Hoffman’s Anodyne), empty, with glass stopper, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A23862/7
type:
bottle , materia medica and medicine chest
Bottle for ‘Eau de Luce’ from medicine chest

Bottle for ‘Eau de Luce’ from medicine chest

Glass bottle for ‘Eau de Luce’, stained yellow, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A23862/8
type:
bottle , materia medica and medicine chest
Bottle of liquid laudanum from medicine chest

Bottle of liquid laudanum from medicine chest

Glass bottle of liquid Laudanum (Opium Tincture), contains brown fluid, with glass stopper, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850. Unknown maker, probably prepared by Prozet of Orleans, part of Debacq collection.

Measurements:
overall: 60 mm 22 mm, 59g
Materials:
glass , opium tincture and complete
Object Number:
A23862 Pt9
type:
container and opium
Glass bottle from medicine chest

Glass bottle from medicine chest

Glass bottle, empty, stained yellow inside, with cork stopper, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
glass and cork
Object Number:
A23862/10
type:
bottle and medicine chest
Glass bottle with gold leaf from medicine chest

Glass bottle with gold leaf from medicine chest

Glass bottle, containing gold leaf, with cork stopper, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
glass and cork
Object Number:
A23862/11
type:
bottle and medicine chest
Bottle for ‘Perclorato du Potasio' from medicine chest

Bottle for ‘Perclorato du Potasio' from medicine chest

Glass bottle for ‘Perclorato du Potasio’ (Potassium Perclorate and Crystals), contains small amount of white crystals, with cork stopper, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
glass and cork
Object Number:
A23862/12
type:
bottle , materia medica and medicine chest
Container of Andromeda Theriac from medicine chest

Container of Andromeda Theriac from medicine chest

Container, pewter, of ‘Theriaque d’Andromaque’ (Andromeda Theriac), from medicine chest, prepared by Prozet, Rue Royale, Orléans, part of Debacq collection France, 1751-1850

Measurements:
overall: 57 mm 50 mm, 206g
Materials:
complete , pewter and opium
Object Number:
A23862 Pt14
type:
container and opium
Container of ‘Tamarind’ with two paper packets of caked Gum Arabic and Powder from medicine chest

Container of ‘Tamarind’ with two paper packets of caked Gum Arabic and Powder from medicine chest

Container of ‘Tamarind’, containing two paper packets of caked Gum Arabic and Powder, from medicine chest, prepared by Prozet, Rue Royale, Orléans, France, 1751-1850

Container of Pods from medicine chest

Container of Pods from medicine chest

Container of Pods, with attached seeds, and four cards of pink woven tape, from medicine chest, prepared by Prozet, Rue Royale, Orléans, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
cardboard
Object Number:
A23862/18
type:
container - receptacle , materia medica and medicine chest
Container of ‘Sené Mondé from medicine chest

Container of ‘Sené Mondé from medicine chest

Container of ‘Sené Mondé' (Senna and pods), containing peeled Senna pods, from medicine chest, prepared by Prozet, Rue Royale, Orléans, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
cardboard
Object Number:
A23862/19
type:
container - receptacle , materia medica and medicine chest
Container of ‘Manne’ from medicine chest

Container of ‘Manne’ from medicine chest

Container of ‘Manne’ (Manna), empty, from medicine chest, prepared by Prozet, Rue Royale, Orléans, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
cardboard
Object Number:
A23862/20
type:
container - receptacle and medicine chest
Container with four tins of ointment from medicine chest

Container with four tins of ointment from medicine chest

Container with four tins of ointment, ‘Onguent de la Mère’ (Mother’s ointment), ‘Onguent Supuratif.’ (Supurative Oiuntment), ‘Onguent Populeum’ (Popular ointment) and ‘Baume d’Arcaeus’ (Arcaeus’ Balm), from medicine chest, prepared by Prozet, Rue Royale, Orléans, France, 1751-1850

Container with four separate tins from medicine chest

Container with four separate tins from medicine chest

Container with four separate tins, ‘Huile de Palme’ (Plaster and Oil), ‘Taffeta d’Angleterre’ (English Taffeta Plaster), ‘Champignon Astringent’ (Astringent Mushroom), ‘Emplâtre Diachillum’ (Diachylon Gum Plaster), ‘Emplâtre Vésicatoire’ (Vesicatory Poultice), from medicine chest, prepared by Prozet, Rue Royale, Orléans, France, 1751-1850

Six packets of ‘Sel Essential de Quinquina’ from medicine chest

Six packets of ‘Sel Essential de Quinquina’ from medicine chest

Six packets of ‘Sel Essential de Quinquina’ (Salts of Quinine), 24 grains, tied with pink string, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product) and textile
Object Number:
A23862/23
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Four packets of ‘Sel de Sedlitz’ from medicine chest

Four packets of ‘Sel de Sedlitz’ from medicine chest

Four packets of ‘Sel de Sedlitz’ (Sodium Potassium Tartrate and Seidlitz Powder and Salts), from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/24
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Six packets of ‘Poudre de Compte’ from medicine chest

Six packets of ‘Poudre de Compte’ from medicine chest

Six packets of ‘Poudre de Compte’ (drug unidentified and powder), 24 grains, wrapped together with pink string, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product) and textile
Object Number:
A23862/25
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Packet of ‘Poudre de Sentinelle’ from medicine chest

Packet of ‘Poudre de Sentinelle’ from medicine chest

One packet of ‘Poudre de Sentinelle’ (drug unidentified and powder), 24 grains, wrapped together with pink string, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/26
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Three packets of ‘Sel Sedatif’ from medicine chest

Three packets of ‘Sel Sedatif’ from medicine chest

Three packets of ‘Sel Sedatif’ (drug unidentified and salts), 24 grains, wrapped together with cream string, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/27
type:
materia medica and medicine chests
Four packets of ‘Poudre Tempernate de Stahl’ from medicine chest

Four packets of ‘Poudre Tempernate de Stahl’ from medicine chest

Four packets of ‘Poudre Tempernate de Stahl’ (drug unidentified and powder), 24 grains, wrapped together with cream string, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/28
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Twelve packets of ‘Rhubarbe en Poudre’ from medicine chest

Twelve packets of ‘Rhubarbe en Poudre’ from medicine chest

Twelve packets of ‘Rhubarbe en Poudre’ (Rhubarb and Powder), 24 grains, in two bundles wrapped together with pink string, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/29
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Six packets of ‘(anti-epileptic) Poudre de Guttette’ from medicine chest

Six packets of ‘(anti-epileptic) Poudre de Guttette’ from medicine chest

Six packets of ‘(anti-epileptic) Poudre de Guttette’ (Peony, Valerian and Root and Compound and Powder) 24 grains, wrapped in bundle with pink string, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/30
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Four packets of ‘Poudre Capitale’ from medicine chest

Four packets of ‘Poudre Capitale’ from medicine chest

Four packets of ‘Poudre Capitale’ (drug unidentified and powder), 24 grains, in bundle wrapped with pink string, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/31
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Twenty-four packets of ‘Poudre de la Princesse de Carignan’ from medicine chest

Twenty-four packets of ‘Poudre de la Princesse de Carignan’ from medicine chest

Twenty-four packets of ‘Poudre de la Princesse de Carignan’ (drug unidentified and powder), in three bundles wrapped with pink string, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/32
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Five packets of ‘Ipecacuanha’ from medicine chest

Five packets of ‘Ipecacuanha’ from medicine chest

Five packets of ‘Ipecacuanha’ (Ipecacuanha and powder), 24 grains, in bundle wrapped with pink string, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/33
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Three packets of ‘Semen Contra’ from medicine chest

Three packets of ‘Semen Contra’ from medicine chest

Three packets of ‘Semen Contra’ (drug unidentified and powder), 24 grains, in bundle wrapped with pink string, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/34
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Seven packets of ‘Mercure Doux’ from medicine chest

Seven packets of ‘Mercure Doux’ from medicine chest

Seven packets of ‘Mercure Doux’ (Mercury and Powder), 4 grains in each bundle, wrapped with pink string, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/35
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Piece of Crystal Mineral in packet from medicine chest

Piece of Crystal Mineral in packet from medicine chest

Flat circular piece of Crystal Mineral, in packet inscribed with chemical formulae, partially illegible, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/36
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Two packets of ‘Poudre Temperant Sedative’ from medicine chest

Two packets of ‘Poudre Temperant Sedative’ from medicine chest

Two packets of ‘Poudre Temperant Sedative’ (drug unidentified and powder), wrapped in paper, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/37
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Packet of Ipecacuanha and Powder from medicine chest

Packet of Ipecacuanha and Powder from medicine chest

One packet of Ipecacuanha and Powder, 18 grains, in two doses, wrapped in paper, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/38
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Packet of ‘Yeux Jelreviche’ from medicine chest

Packet of ‘Yeux Jelreviche’ from medicine chest

One packet of ‘Yeux Jelreviche’ (drug unidentified and powder), 1 gros, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/39
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Two packets of unidentified drug and powder from medicine chest

Two packets of unidentified drug and powder from medicine chest

Two packets of drug unidentified and powder, 24 grains, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/40
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Packet of ‘Gumme Arabique’ from medicine chest

Packet of ‘Gumme Arabique’ from medicine chest

One packet of ‘Gumme Arabique’ (Acacia and Powder), 1 gros, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/41
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Packet of ‘Emetique’ from medicine chest

Packet of ‘Emetique’ from medicine chest

One packet of ‘Emetique’ (drug unidentified and powder), 4 grains, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/42
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Twenty-two packets of unidentified emetic powderfrom medicine chest

Twenty-two packets of unidentified emetic powderfrom medicine chest

Twenty-two packets of unidentified emetic powder (drug unidentified and powder), in three bundles inscribed ‘Emetique un grain’, ‘Emetique deux grains’, ‘Emetique trois grains’, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/43
type:
materia medica and medicine chest
Two packets of ‘Kermés Mineral’ from medicine chest

Two packets of ‘Kermés Mineral’ from medicine chest

Two packets of ‘Kermés Mineral’ (Sulphurated antimony and powder), one grain, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850

Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A23862/44
type:
materia medica and medicine chest