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'Pyramid' food warmer invented by Samuel Clarke, England, 1888-1920

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1888-1920

Figurine of Florence Nightingale and a wounded officer, England, 1850-1870

Medical Ceramic-ware

1850-1870

Toothpaste pot, England, 1901-1930

Dentistry

1901-1930

Earthenware inhaler

Therapeutics

1866-1905

Nelson-type inhaler, London, England, 1870-1901

Therapeutics

1870-1901

Copper foment can, England, 1880-1930

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1880-1930

Blue earthenware storage jar with paper cover

Medical Ceramic-ware

1801-1920

Blue glazed earthenware storage jar

Medical Ceramic-ware

1801-1920

Earthenware storage jar containing medical preparations

Medical Ceramic-ware

1801-1920

Pendant bottle

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1910-1933

Earthenware skin scraper in the form of a duck

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1925

Fragment of pottery, possibly finial-knob

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-100

Earthenware drug jar

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Earthenware drug jar, with parchment lid, with vivid turquoise glaze, Persian

Earthenware drug jar, with parchment lid

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Earthenware inhaler made by S.Maw and Son, England, 1866-1870

Earthenware inhaler made by S.Maw and Son, England

Therapeutics

1866-1870

Blue glazed earthenware jar with rim wrapped in newspaper, containing unidentified materia medica, glaze badly damaged, probably from Middle or Far east, 1801-1920

Blue glazed earthenware storage jar

Medical Ceramic-ware

1801-1920

Glazed earthenware hookah tobacco pipe base, bell-shaped with long tubular neck, ornately carved wooden bowl stem, base painted with floral patterns and two cameras, Balkans, or Persia, 1851-1900

Hookah tobacco pipe

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1851-1900

Pendant bottle, "Xodo protective locket" iodised, made of pottery, purchased from Boots Cash Chemists, English, 1910-1933

Pendant bottle, "Xodo protective locket" iodised,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1910-1933

Earthenware inhaler, invented by Dr. Nelson in 1865

Earthenware inhaler, invented by Dr. Nelson in 186

Therapeutics

Blue glazed earthenware storage jar containing unidentified materia medica consisting of brown caked substance, probably from Middle or Far East, 1801-1920

Blue glazed earthenware storage jar containing uni

Medical Ceramic-ware

1801-1920

Earthenware jar containing turpentine resin, from Charles Buchet, Persia, 1880-1920

Earthenware jar containing turpentine resin, from

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1920

Crude deathshead skull of yellow glazed earthenware, probably european, 1701-1900

Crude deathshead skull

Anatomy & Pathology

1701-1900

Small cream glazed earthenware dispensing pots, roughly cylindrical, with torn paper cover, English(?), 1751-1900

Small cream glazed earthenware dispensing pots, ro

Medical Ceramic-ware

1751-1900

Blue glazed earthenware jar containing some unidentified materia medica, jar has paper and canvas cover, probably from Middle or Far East, 1801-1920

Blue glazed earthenware jar containing some uniden

Medical Ceramic-ware

1801-1920

Earthenware jar, blue glaze badly damaged, with newpaper cover, containing unidentified materia medica, probably from Middle or Far East, 1801-1920

Earthenware jar, blue glaze badly damaged, with ne

Medical Ceramic-ware

1801-1920

Glazed brown earthenware strorage jar with black foliate decoration, lid wrapped in canvas and paper covered with some Islamic(?) script, containing unidentified materia medica, from Middle East(?), or Far East(?), 1801-1920

Glazed brown earthenware strorage jar with black f

Medical Ceramic-ware

1801-1920

Blue glazed earthenware jar with lid and paper wrapping, containing some unidentified materia medica, glaze badly damaged, probably from Middle or Far East, 1801-1920

Blue glazed earthenware jar with lid and paper wra

Medical Ceramic-ware

1801-1920

Two ceramic bottles of camphor crystals, English, 1890-1930

Two ceramic bottles of camphor crystals, English,

Medical Ceramic-ware

1890-1930

Earthenware inhaler, invented by Dr. Nelson in 1865, made by Boots the chemists, 1901-1940

Earthenware inhaler, invented by Dr. Nelson in 186

Therapeutics

1901-1940

Earthenware drug jar, with parchment lid and vivid turquoise glaze, Persian

Earthenware drug jar, with parchment lid

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Small glazed cream earthenware dispensing pot, with torn parchment cover, European, 1751-1900

Small glazed cream earthenware dispensing pot, wit

Medical Ceramic-ware

1751-1900

Complete food warmer, Samuel Clarke's patented Pyramid, probably American, 20th century

Complete food warmer, Samuel Clarke's patented Pyr

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

Spoon, pottery, homoepathic, Turner and Co., Manchester and London.

Spoon, pottery, homoepathic, Turner and Co., Manch

Pharmacy-ware

Earthenware inhaler probably made by S.Maw, Son and Thompson, 1870-1901, Crellin 13

Earthenware inhaler probably made by S.Maw, Son an

Therapeutics

1870-1901

Circular glazed pottery base for foodwarmer, decorated in green and gold, probably European, 19th century

Food warmer base

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1801-1900

Blue glazed earthenware storage jar containing resin and fruit, jar dirty and slightly chipped, possibly from Middle East or Far East, 1801-1920

Blue glazed earthenware storage jar containing res

Medical Ceramic-ware

1801-1920

Glazed cream earthenware dispensing pot, with parchment cover possibly containing digitalis extract, English(?), 1751-1900

Glazed cream earthenware dispensing pot, with parc

Medical Ceramic-ware

1751-1900

Earthenware drug jar, with parchment lid, bluish green glaze, Persian

Earthenware drug jar, with parchment lid

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Earthenware drug jar, with parchment lid, with vivid turquoise glaze, Persian

Earthenware drug jar with parchment lid

Asian Medicine

Stoneware dispensing pot, bulbous, grey glazed with parchment cover, English(?), 1751-1900

Stoneware dispensing pot, bulbous, grey glazed wit

Medical Ceramic-ware

1751-1900

Blue earthenware jar, roughly glazed,with canvas and paper wrapping, containing unidentified materia medica, probably from Middle or Far East, 1801-1920

Blue earthenware jar, roughly glazed,with canvas a

Medical Ceramic-ware

1801-1920