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Bottle for Dover Powder

Bottle for Dover Powder

1937-1938

85ml glass bottle of Ipesandrine syrup (Ipecacuanha and Opium alkaloids with ephedrine and cherry laurel water) in original carton. 43 mm x 55 mm x 40 mm, 263g. By Sandoz Product Limited, London, 1950-1970.

Bottle of Ipesandrine Syrup

1950-1970

Glass bottle with bakelite lid containing tablets of Aspirin and Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 103 mm x 56 mm diameter, 236 g. Prepared by The British Drug Houses Ltd., London, 1930-1960.

Bottle containing tablets of Aspirin and Dover's Powder

1930-1960

Square glass bottle with chamois covering containing a small quanitity of Dover's Powder. 62 mm x 32 mm x 32 mm, 70 g. Unknown maker, English, 1860-1900.

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

1860-1900

Rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 61 mm x 32 mm x 27 mm, 81g. Unknown maker, Australian, c. 1860.

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

1850-1870

Square glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 52 mm x 33 mm x 33 mm, 88g. By Savory and Moore, London, 1862-1901.

Small bottle of Dover's powder

1863-1901

Small square glass bottle with chamois covering full of Dover's Powder. 40 mm x 28 mm x 22 mm, 31 g. Produced by Savory and Moore Ltd., London, c. 1870.

Small glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1870

Small glass bottle with cork stopper and wooden cover full of Dover's Powder. 38 mm x 18 mm diameter, 16 g. Dispensed by J. Fuller Chemists, London, 1858-1900.

Small glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1858-1900

Glass bottle with cork stopper full of Tabloid brand 5 gr. Dover Powder tablets. 83 mm x 45 mm x 25 mm, 73g. Handwritten label on back of the bottle reads, 'From Stanley's Expedition'. By Burroughs Wellcome, Snow Hill, London, 1880-1900.

Glass bottle of Tabloid Dover Powder tablets

1880-1900

Clear glass shop round with glass stopper for tincture of morphine with ipecacuanha, with some dried traces remaining. 195 mm x 55 mm diameter, 406g. English, late 19th century

Shop round for tincture of morphine and ipecac

1850-1900

Plastic tube of Tabloid brand 5 gr. Dover Powder compressed tablets. 91 mm x 19 mm diameter, 27 g. By Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1905-1925.

Plastic tube of Dover Powder tablets

1905-1925

Four glass phials with metal caps containing ipecacuanha and opium tablets, 0.3 g, wrapped in paper, with two additional packets not in a phial. Each phial: 101 mm x 18 mm diameter, 21 g. Unknown maker, produced for the German Army by various depots in Frankfurt and Cologne, 1915-1916.

Four glass phials and two additional packets not in a phial, all containing ipecacuanha and opium

1915-1916

Small round red box made of card containing 6 black pills of Dover's Powder (Pil Hyd/c Doveri). Overall: 15 mm x 20 mm diameter, 2g. Unknown maker, English, 1810-1850.

Small red card box of Dover's Powder pills

1810-1850

Nickel-plated lidded glass phial, containing Pulv. Ipecac and Opium tablets, unsigned, Frankfurt, Germany, 1917. Used by the German Army.

Aluminium lidded glass phial, containing Pulv. Ipecac and Opium tablets

1917

Steel lidded glass phial, containing Pulv. Ipecac and Opium tablets, unsigned, Frankfurt, Germany, 1917. Used by the German Army.

Steel lidded glass phial

1917

Glass bottle with glass stopper of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac), full. 111 mm x 30 mm x 30 mm, 140 g. Prepared by G. Oldham and Co., Dublin, 1810-1830.

Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1810-1830

Square glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder. 47 mm x 32 mm x 26 mm, 52 g. Unknown maker, English, 1820-1850.

Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1820-1850

Rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder (ipecac and opium). 46 mm x 34 mm x 28 mm, 60 g. Unknown maker, English, c. 1890.

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

1870-1890

Small square glass bottle of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac) with metal stopper covering a cork. 33 mm x 30 mm x 26 mm, 40 g. Unknown maker, probably English, c. 1820.

Small square glass bottle of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac)

1810-1830

Small glass bottle with ground glass stopper of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 70 mm x 37 mm x 30 mm, 87g. Dispensed by Kingsland & Co., English, 1840-1900.

Small glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1840-1900

Small glass bottle with bone and cork stopper full of Dover's Powder. 43 mm x 18 mm diameter, 15 g. By Johnson and Sons, English, 1871-1910.

Small glass bottle of Dover's powdr

1871-1910

Glass phial with cork stopper half-full of Dover's Powder. 82 mm x 16 mm diameter, 30 g. Unknown maker, English, 19th century.

Glass phial of Dover's Powder

1801-1900

Rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder. 55 mm x 33 mm x 22 mm, 58 g. Produced by Godfrey and Cooke, English, c. 1860.

Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1860

Small circular bottle with aluminium coated cork stopper and ivory lid containing Dover's Powder. 44 mm x 18 mm diameter, 12 g. Unknown maker, English, 19th century.

Small glass bottle of Dover's powder

1801-1900

Tin box containing 'Cough Pills' (compound squill and ipecac). 49 mm x 25 mm x 39 mm. Printed label reads, ' COUGH PILLS/ No. 2/ 6 DOZEN.' Unknown maker, probably Indian, 1836-1878.

Tin box of cough pills

1836-1878

Gutta percha tube of Tabloid brand Bismuth and Dover powder (opium and ipecac) compressed tablets, full. 105 mmx 20 mm diameter, 45g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1880-1925.

Gutta percha tube of Bismuth and Dover's Powder tablets

1880-1925

Small glass tube with cork stopper full of .5 g Dover Powder tablets. 75 mm x 5 mm diameter, 10 g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1880-1925 .

Phial of Dover Powder tablets

1880-1925

Small glass bottle with ground glass stopper full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 57 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 121 g. Dispensed by John Bell and Co., London, c. 1820.

Bottle of Dover's Powder

1820

Rectangular glass bottle with cork stopper and chamois covering half-full of Dover's Powder. 73 mm x 28 mm x 23 mm, 63g. Produced by Savory and Moore, dispensed by T.J. Orton, Leamington, British, mid-nineteenth century.

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

1831-1870

Small glass bottle with glass stopper half-full of Dover's Powder. 71 mm x 23 mm x 18 mm, 38 g. By Cannan and Brydon, London, early nineteenth century.

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

1801-1850

Glass phial with rounded glass stopper full of Dover's Powder. 102 mm x 20 mm diameter, 39g. Dispensed by Bucklee's, London, c. 1851.

Glass phial of Dover's powder

1851

Glass phial with cork stopper and chamois covering of Dover Powder tablets (Ipecacuanha and Opium). 110 mm x 20 mm diameter, 53g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1910-1925.

Glass phial with kid covering of 'Tabloid' brand Aromatic Dover's Powder tablets, 110 mm x 20 mm diameter

1910-1925

Tall rectangular glass bottle with chamois covering full of Dover's Powder. 108 mm x 32 mm x 25 mm, 130 g. Dispensed by Squire Chemists, London, 1840-1860.

Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1840-1860

Rectangular glass bottle with cork stopper and paper covering full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 70 mm x 24 mm x 15 mm, 37g. Dispensed by John Moore, London, c.1820.

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

1820

Small paper packet of Dover's Powder, 3 grains. 30 mm long, .4 g. Dispensed by John Moore, London, c.1820.

Small packet of Dover's Powder

1820

Glass bottle with round glass stopper full of `Tabloid' brand Dover powder tablets (opium and ipecac). 110 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 177 g. Produced by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1900-1909.

Glass bottle of Dover Powder tablets

1900-1909

Square guetta percha bottle of `Tabloid' brand Ipecac with Squill tablets with opium, 1/5gr. 115 mm x 38 mm x 38 mm, 118g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, used in 1919.

Guetta percha bottle of Ipecac and Squill tablets

1900-1919

Glass phial, cork stoppered full of compressed tablets of Dover Powder, 5 grains. 82 mm x 13 mm diameter, 12 g. By Parke, Davis and Co., London, 1895-1940.

Phial of Dover Powder tablets

1895-1940

Glass bottle with flat glass stopper full of Tabloid brand Dover Powder tablets (ipecac and opium). 78 mm x 45 mm x 32 mm, 103 g. Prepared by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1908-1935.

Bottle of compressed Dover Powder tablets

1908-1935

Iron canister with sliding bolt lid of Ipecac and Opium tablets in paper wrapping. 92 mm x 76 mm x 43 mm, 155g. Printed labels on tablet wrapping reads, ' Pulv. ipecac. opiat. 0,3/ Garnisonlazarett Nurnberg/ Ganitatsdepot III. A.K./ 1903'. Unknown maker, German probably Nuremburg, 1917-1918.

Iron canister of opium and ipecac tablets

1917-1918

Brass lidded glass phial, containing Pulv. Ipecac and Opium tablets, unsigned, Frankfurt, Germany, 1917. Used by the German Army.

Brass lidded glass phial

1917

Slender glass bottle with ground glass stopper containing Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 120 mm x 30 mm x 26 mm, 172g. Unknown maker, English, 1790-1830.

Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1790-1830

Square glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder. 65 mm x 31 mm x 31 mm, 100g. Unknown maker, English, c. 1830.

Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1821-1840

Clear glass bottle at various times used for diamorphine tablets (heroin), atropine sulphate tablets and ipecacuanha powder. 100 mm x 41 mm x 30 mm, 76 g. Made by E.B and S., English, 1890-1910.

Bottle used for heroin, atropine and ipecac

1890-1910

Two glass phials each containing two paper packets of .3g tablets of Opium and Ipecacuanha (Pulv. Ipecac. op.). Each: 100 mm x 15 mm diameter, 22 g. Issued by the German Army during the First World War, 1914-1918.

Two phials of Opium and Ipecac tablets

1914-1918

Small glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering containing Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 63 mm x 33 mm x 28 mm, 94 g. Godfrey and Cooke, London, late nineteenth century.

Small glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1851-1900

Glass phial with chamois covering full of Tabloid brand Bismuth and Dover's Powder (opium and ipecacuanha) tablets. 110 mm x 15 mm diameter, 30 g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1910-1925.

Glass phial with chamois covering full of Tabloid brand Bismuth and Dover's Powder tablets. 110 mm x 15 mm diameter

1910-1925

Gutta percha bottle with chamois covering full of 'Tabloid' brand 'Dover Powder' tablets (ipecac and opium). 118 mm x 39 mm x 39 mm, 163 g. Prepared by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1920

Bottle full of Dover Powder tablets

1906-1920

Glass phial with cork stopper and chamois covering of Tabloid brand Bismuth and Dover Powder (opium and ipecac) pills. 110 mm x 24 mm diameter, 70 g. Made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1881-1923.

Glass phial with cork stopper and chamois covering of Tabloid brand Bismuth and Dover Powder pills. 110 mm x 24 mm diameter

1881-1923

Brown glass bottle of chocolate-coated Febricula (laxative) tablets. Printed label reads, '100/ Chocolate-Coated/ Tablets/ NO. 197/ FEBRICULA/ (Cold, Laxative)/ Quinine Hydrobromide../Ipecacuahna and Opium.../Aloin../Calomel.../Powdered Capsicum.../Tincture of Aconite...' Parke, Davis and Co., London, preparer, 1900-1930.

Bottle of Febricula laxative tablets

1900-1930