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Ambler glass bottle of 100 compressed tablets of 'Aspirin compounded with Dover Powder' (aspirin, phenacetin and compound of ipecacuanha containing Dover Powder). 137 mm x 56 mm x 36 mm, 269 g. Printed label reads, '../ASPIRIN COMPOUND/WITH/DOVER POWDER/.../The proportion of Dover Powder in/ this tablet does not bring the product/ within the scope of the D.D.A./ PARKE, DAVIS/& COMPANY, LIMITED Inc U.S.A./HOUNSLOW near LONDON' Produced by Parke, Davis and Co., Ltd., English, 1920-1950.

Bottle of Aspirin compressed with Dover Powder

1920-1950
Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper one-third full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecacuanha). 60 mm x 33 mm x 36 mm, 62g. Dispensed by G. French, English, 1880-1940.

Bottle of Dover's Powder

1880-1940
A bottle of 'Syrup of Poppies' with trace residues remaining, unsigned, England, 1870

Bottle of 'Syrup of Poppies' with trace residues remaining

1870
Square glass bottle with cut-glass stopper approximately containing of 'Dover's Powder' (ipecacuanha, opium, and morphine). 57 mm x 37 mm x 37 mm.

Dover Powder

1801-1900
Green glass poison bottle with bakelite lid full of Dover's Powder tablets (TAB. IPECAC. ET OPII). By Wright, Layman and Umney Ltd., English, 1920-1960.

Poison bottle of Dover's Powder tablets

1920-1960
Packet of 10 ipecacuanha and opium powder tablets (Dover's Powder) in paper wrapping. 40 mm x 12 mm diameter, 6 g. From a German World War I medical field kit. Unknown maker, for German military use, from Cassel, Germany, 1914.

Packet of Ipecac and Opium tablets

1914
Narrow glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecacuanha). 65 mm x 20 mm x 35 mm, 71g. Dispensed by Decastro and Watson Chemists, English, 1831-1870.

Bottle of Dover's Powder

1831-1870
Steel canister, yellow painted, with pin-latch, containing a packet of ipecacuanha and opium tablets (Pulv Ipecac. opiat.), unsigned, Germany, 1914-1918. Used by the German military.

Steel canister, containing a packet of ipecacuanha and opium tablets

1914-1918
Wooden chest made to hold 50 stoppered glass phials of tablets, containing 41 phials and some loose tablets. Chest: 125 mm x 235 mm x 125 mm, phial: 100 mm x 15 mm diameter. Substances within phials include phenazone, quinine, aspirin, mercury, ipecacuanha, and opium. Unknown maker, for military use, German, 1900-1918.

Wooden chest containing glass phials of tablets

1900-1918
Salt glazed stoneware dispensing pot with metal lid for ipecacuanha and squill pills (PIL: IP c SCILLAE), with dried contents remaining. 83 mm x 72 mm diameter, 307 g. Made by Powell of Bristol, English, 1830-1906.

Dispensing pot of Ipecacuanha and Squill Pills

1830-1906
Square glass bottle with cut-glass stopper full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecacuanha). 68 mm x 33 mm x 37 mm, 96g. Unknown maker, English, mid-nineteenth century.

Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1831-1870
Steel canister, yellow painted, with pin-latch, containing five packets of ipecacuanha and opium tablets (Pulv Ipecac. opiat.), plus four loose tablets of the same, unsigned, Germany, 1914-1918. Used by the German military.

Steel canister, containing five packets and four tablets of ipecacuanha and opium tablets

1914-1918
Veterinary medicine chest, oak, with main storage compartment in three sections and a drawer, formerly the property of the Hawkins family, Staunton Court, nr. Gloucester, with various contents of the medicine chest including instruments, glassware, ointment jars, paper packets of medicine, and other medical preparations. The top drawer of the chest contains glass medicine bottles, mostly with glass stoppers. Some of the bottles are empty, although some still contain medical preparations. Other substances present in the glassware include antimony, digitalis, tobacco, ipecacuanha powder, ammonium hydrochloride, strychnine (in a green glass poison bottle), and calomel (mercury chloride). The removable bottom shelf contains metal ointment pots, and various medicines in paper packets, including aresnic. Unknown maker, English, c. 1870.

Veterinary medicine chest

circa 1860
Glass bottle with bakelite top for 5 gr. Dover's Powder tablets (ipecacuanha and opium) with a small quantity remaining. 107 mm x 56 mm diameter, 172 g. Produced by the British Drug Houses Ltd., English, 1940-1960.

Bottle for Dover's Powder tablets

1940-1960
Glass phial, with a painted steel cap, containing Pulv Ipecacuanha and opium powder tablets (Pulv. Ipecac. op.) .3g., supplied by ‘Sanitary Depot 18’ to the German Army, unsigned, Frankfurt, Germany, 1917

Glass phial

1917
Yellow tin with slide-bolt lid used for ipecacuha and opium tablets (Ipecac. opiat.) and peppermint tablets, contains 4 packets of tablets in paper and several loose tablets.

Canister for Opium and Ipecac tablets, with 3 packets of tablets, 8 loose tablets,1 packet, loose powder

1914-1918
Glass bottle with cork stopper of 5 grain Dover Powder tablets (ipecacuanha and opium). 53 mm x 30 mm x 30 mm, 47g. Made by Standard Tablet and Pill Co., Hove, Sussex, 1914-1918.

Bottle of 5-grain Dover Powder tablets

1914-1918
Square glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecacuanha).62 mm x 35 mm x 27 mm, 63g. Unknown maker, English, c1830.

Bottle of Dover's Powder

1820-1840
Small glass bottle with glass stopper half-full of powdered compound ipecacuanha (Pulv. Ipecac Co). 60 mm x 34 mm x 25 mm, 57g. Unknown maker, English, 1847-1900.

Square glass bottle with round glass stopper half-full of powdered compound ipecacuanha (Pulv. Ipecac Co). 60 mm x 34 mm x 25 mm

1847-1900
Short glass bottle with glass stopper of 'Pulv. Doveri' (Dover's Powder), approximately one third full. Unknown maker, English, 1831-1870.

Bottle of Dover's Powder

1831-1870
Square glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder (ipecacuanha and opium). 50 mm x 30 mm x 30 mm, 71g. Made by S. Maw, English, c. 1850.

Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1830-1860
Gutta percha tube of 5gr Tabloid brand Dover powder tablets (Pulv. Ipecac. cum Opio P.B.). 105 mm x 20 mm diameter, 38 g. Made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1880-1930.

Gutta percha phial of Dover's Powder tablets

1880-1930
Glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering of Dover's Powder (ipecacuanha and opium). 40 mm x 27 mm x 19 mm, 34g. Dispensed by the Army and Navy Co-operative Society Ltd, London, c. 1880.

Glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering of Dover's Powder. 40 mm x 27 mm x 19 mm

1875-1885
Glass bottle with cork stopper and chamois covering containing "Tabloid" brand Dover Powder compressed tablets (ipecacuanha and opium). 78 mm x 20 mm diameter, 26 g. Handwritten inscription reads, ' Chill...Feverish'. Produced by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1895-1947.

Glass bottle with cork stopper and chamois covering containing "Tabloid" brand Dover Powder compressed tablets. 78 mm x 20 mm diameter

1895-1947
Glass tube with cork stopper full of Pulverette brand 5 gr. Dover Powder tablets (Pulv. Ipecac. Co.), full. 82 mm x 15 mm diameter, 15 g. Oppenheimer Son & Co. Ltd., London, 1880-1920.

Glass tube of Dover powder pulverettes

1880-1920
Black gutta-percha tube full of 5gr. Tabloid brand Dover Powder (Opium and Ipecac) in compressed tablet form, complete with contents. Height 108 mm x diameter 20 mm. Tube inscribed: 'DOVER: POWD: Gr.V. / Burroughs. Wellcome & Co./ Tabloids/ of compressed / Dover Powder / 5 grs...'. Made by Burroughs. Wellcome & Co., London. English, 1895-1910.

Black gutta-percha tube full of 5gr. Tabloid brand Dover Powdertents. inscribed: 'DOVER: POWD. 108 mm x diameter 20 mm

1895-1910
Glass phial, with a nickel-plated steel cap containing Pulv Ipecacuanha and opium powder tablets (Pulv. Ipecac. op.) .3g., supplied by ‘Sanitary Depot 18’ to the German Army, unsigned, Frankfurt, Germany, 1917

Glass phial, with nickel-plated steel cap, containing Pulv Ipecacuanha and opium powder tablets

1917
Glass phial with metal stopper containing two paper wrapped packets of Ipecac and Opium powder, 0.3g. 100 mm x 16 mm diameter. Unknown maker, German, 1914-1918.

Phial of Ipecac and Opium tablets

1914-1918
Large glass bottle with glass stopper containing Dover's Powder (opium and ipecacuanha). 110 mm x 35 mm x 37 mm, 145g. Dispensed by H.B. Brady Pharmaceutical Chemists, English, late nineteenth century.

Bottle of Dover's Powder

1861-1900
Glass bottle with wood-capped stopper full of Compound Ipecacuanha powder. 100 mm x 33 mm x 23 mm, 81g. Dispensed by R.B. Stedman, West Malling, 1810-1850.

Bottle of Ipecacuanha Compound

1810-1850
Yellow tin with hinged lid and clip fastening containing 9 paper-wrapped packets of ipecacunha and opium tablets (Pulv. Ipecac. op.). Overall: 64 mm x 72 mm x 36 mm, 131 g. Unknown maker, produced for Germany military use, 1914-1918.

Tin, for ipecacuanha and opium tablets, with 9 packets and 4 tablets

1914-1918
Square glass bottle with glass stopper of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecacuanha). 60 mm x 33 mm x 29 mm, 69g. Label reads, ' Dover's Powder/ One of the most valuable Sundries we/ have. It may be used generally in febrile/ affections, and is particularly useful in Ca-/tarrh. It contains one-tenth of its weight of Opium/...' Unknown maker, English, early nineteeth century.

Bottle of Dover's Powder

1801-1850
Glass bottle with cork stopper approximately two-thirds full of Dover Powder (Pulv. Ipecac. cum Opio) tablets. 108 mm x 15 mm diameter, 21g. Manufactured by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1910-1912.

Glass bottle with cork stopper approximately two-thirds full of Dover Powder. 108 mm x 15 mm diameter

1910-1912
Small rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper for Dovers Powder (opium and ipecacuanha) with traces of contents remaining. 81 mm x 38 mm x 35 mm, 129g. Dispensed by William T. Cooper, English, mid 19th century.

Glass bottle of Dovers Powder

1831-1870