Fever few chrysanthemum flowers and broken glass jar

Made:
1880-1945 in France and England

Clear box containing dried greenish-brown chrysanthemum (fever few) stalks and flowers, and a broken clear glass jar in two parts.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A667224
Materials:
glass and plant
Measurements:
jar: 153 mm 79 mm,
type:
specimen

Parts

Clear box containing dried greenish-brown fewer few chrysanthemum stalks and flowers

Container with dried fever few chrysanthemum flowers

Clear box containing dried greenish-brown fewer few chrysanthemum stalks and flowers

Measurements:
contents:
Materials:
plant
Object Number:
A667224/1
type:
specimen
Broken clear glass jar, upright cylinder, flared rim and base. Incomplete (half rim and some of the body missing)

Broken glass jar

Broken clear glass jar, upright cylinder, flared rim and base. Incomplete (half rim and some of the body missing)

Measurements:
overall: 153 mm 79 mm,
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A667224/2
type:
jar
Clear glass, circular glass stopper with flat botton-type grip. Printed label reads 'MATRICAIRE / matricaria Panthenuim / 2 (COMPOSEES) 25.

Lid and part of rim and body from glass jar

Clear glass, circular glass stopper with flat botton-type grip. Printed label reads 'MATRICAIRE / matricaria Panthenuim / 2 (COMPOSEES) 25.

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A667224/3
type:
jar

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