Fourteen square cut glass medicine bottles, some containing residue
Fourteen clear cut glass medicine bottles with cut glass stoppers, unlabelled, some containing residue, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Medicine chest with 14 cut glass bottles
- Made:
- 1751-1800 in unknown
- maker:
- Unknown
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Beaded medicine chest with 14 cut glass bottles, medicine glass, scales and weights, and alabaster mortar and pestle, 2nd half of 18th century with later beadwork on exterior, property of Dr. R. William (1757-1812).
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A642792
- Materials:
- chest, wood, chest, tortoiseshell, chest, cloth and chest, glass, beads
- Measurements:
-
height 170 mm
length 255 mm
width 260 mm
- type:
- medicine chests, medicine bottle and materia medica
- credit:
- Haldin-Davis
Parts
Empty, square, cut glass medicine bottle
Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing brown residue
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing brown residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Empty, square, cut glass medicine bottle
Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Empty, square, cut glass medicine bottle
Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing residue
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing powdery brown residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing residue
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing powdery brown residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Empty, square, cut glass medicine bottle
Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing residue
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing a few flakes of brown powdery residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing residue
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing white powdery residue in one corner, and brown powdery residue in the diagonally opposite corner, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Empty, square, cut glass medicine bottle
Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing residue
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing a few flakes of brown powdery residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Empty, square, cut glass medicine bottle
Empty, square, clear cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing residue
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing white powder residue, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Square, cut glass medicine bottle containing single flake of previous contents
Square, clear, cut glass medicine bottle with cut glass stopper containing a single large, brown flake of previous contents, unlabelled, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Drinking glass with cut-glass decoration
Clear drinking glass with cut-glass decoration, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Metal key
Metal key for medicine chest, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Metal weighing scales
Metal scales consisting of steel beam with two metal pans attached by green string, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
- Materials:
- complete , metal (unknown) and fibre (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- A642792/6
- type:
- scales - weighing device
Six grain weight
Metal six grain weight consisting of foil square with six circles punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Five grain weight
Metal five grain weight consisting of foil square with five circles punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Four grain weight
Metal four grain weight consisting of foil square with four circles punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Three grain weight
Metal three grain weight consisting of foil square with three circles punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
Two grain weight
Metal two grain weight consisting of foil square with two circles punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
One grain weight
Metal one grain weight consisting of foil square with one circle punched into it, from medicine chest with beadwork decoration.
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