Wooden pipe case

Smoking

1800-1850

Wooden pipe case, for holding a churchwarden style clay pipe, English or Dutch, 1800-1850

Ornate hand bag pressed from ivory cellulose nitrate sheet, with lipstick, eye pencil, powder puff, mirror

Plastics and Modern Materials

1921-1930

Ornate hand bag pressed from ivory cellulose nitrate sheet, decorated with a pastoral scene on both surfaces and hand coloured, leather plaited thong strap and tassels, contains mirror, powder puff, 1920s

Pair of bottles with eyebath stoppers

Ophthalmology

1860-1920

Pair of bottles with eyebath stoppers, in hinged leatherette case, with lock, no key, probably English, 1860-1920

Essence box, leather covered, with 4 bottles, C18

Pharmacy-ware

1701-1800

Essence box, leather covered, with 4 bottles, C18

Part of a fuse box cover, with brass and wood electrode terminal

Wellcome (general)

1880-1930

Part of a fuse box cover, glass top, two sides only surrounded by wood, together with brass and wood electrode terminal, European, 1880-1930

Pocket dispensary

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1865-1925

Pocket dispensary, wood frame with red leatherette covering, hinged with compartments in lid and twelve compartments in base holding in total 12 glass drug phials, 11 labelled, English, 1865-1925

Small leatherette covered case with broken hinge and catch with compartments behind flap in lid

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1920

Small leatherette covered case with broken hinge and catch with compartments behind flap in lid, containing 20 glass bottles of homoeopathic medicine, 7 labelled, some broken, some with contents, also holding some spare labels, prepared by Allshorn, London, for owner whose name inscribed on lid, English, 1870-1920

Homeopathic pocket-sized medicine chest

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1840-1920

Homeopathic pocket-sized medicine chest, containing 320 glass phials, 108with abbreviated handwritten inscriptions, possibly English, 1840-1920

Leatherette medal case

Wellcome Medals

Leatherette medal case, empty, hinged lid, silk and velvet [interior], probably English, 1880-1930