Glass jar

Made:
1840-1920

Glass jar, containing kan ching kuo, from Manchuria, China

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A674021
Materials:
glass, clear
Measurements:
height 110 mm
diameter 68 mm
type:
specimen jars
credit:
Turley, R.T.

Parts

Clear glass jar and stopper. The jar is cylindrical with a flared base and rim; the stopper is raised with a button-shaped grip. The rim and upper part of the jar are broken and a piece of the jar is missing. A printed label is afixed to the side: 'CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA / KAN CHING KUO / Used for swellings of throat and gullet / Lent by the Rev. R. T. Turley / Manchuria, China'. Below handwritten in back ink is 'Canarium album'

Glass jar labelled 'Kan Ching Kuo'

Clear glass jar and stopper. The jar is cylindrical with a flared base and rim; the stopper is raised with a button-shaped grip. The rim and upper part of the jar are broken and a piece of the jar is missing. A printed label is afixed to the side: 'CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA / KAN CHING KUO / Used for swellings of throat and gullet / Lent by the Rev. R. T. Turley / Manchuria, China'. Below handwritten in back ink is 'Canarium album'

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A674021/1
type:
jar
Clear glass fragment from body of specimen jar labelled Chinese Materia Medica.

glass fragment from specimen jar

Clear glass fragment from body of specimen jar labelled Chinese Materia Medica.

Measurements:
overall: 56 mm x 41 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A674021/2
type:
fragment

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