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Metal lid from pharmacy jar, Europe, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Tanner's cassia seed pods, India, 1871-1920

1871-1920

Cut throat razor, with woman's head and tendrils decoration on handle

1900-1910

Specimen jar containing bael fruits, India, 1871-1940

1871-1940

Specimen jar of panicled acacia pods, India, 1840-1920

1840-1920

Glass jar, paper lid, containing anacardium occidentale, bark, with gum adhering, from Ceylon, jar English, 1831-1930

Jar containing anacardium occidentale bark

1851-1930

Clear glass specimen jar, paper lidded, containing strophanthus gratus seeds from Lagos, received April, 1910, in English jar, 1880-1920

Specimen jar containing strophanthus gratus seeds

1880-1920

Glass pharmacy jar, aqua tinge, empty, Turkish, 19th century

Glass pharmacy jar

1801-1900

Glass pharmacy jar, clear, empty, aqua tinge, Turkish, 19th century

Glass pharmacy jar

1801-1900

Clear glass specimen jar, English, late 19th-early 20th century

Clear glass specimen jar

1880-1930

Clear glass specimen jar, English, late 19th to early 20th century

Clear glass specimen jar

1880-1930

Clear glass specimen jar, English, late 19th to early 20th century

Clear glass specimen jar

1880-1930

Specimen jar containing dried cassia plant, collected by J.Penny 1891

Specimen jar containing dried cassia plant

1841-1890

Clear glass specimen jar with paper lid, containing leaves and pods of spurious senna, provenance unknown, jar English(?), 1860-1920

Clear glass specimen jar with paper lid

1860-1920

Small clear glass specimen jar, with paper lid, containing black slab of bread made from reindeer moss used by Esquimaux and collected by Hudson Bay Co., jar probably English, 1850-1920

Small clear glass specimen jar

1850-1920

Clear glass specimen jar, for wild cherry, 1899

Clear glass specimen jar, for wild cherry, 1899

1880-1930

Glass specimen jar, containing seeds, no particulars of provenance

Glass specimen jar

1880-1920

Glass jar, containing a yellow wax, possibly beeswax

Glass jar

1860-1920

Clear glass jar, paper lid, containing isa gidi, strophanthus gratus seeds, dated 21 Mar 1905, English jar, 1880-1920

Clear glass jar

1880-1920

Clear glass specimen jar, paper lidded, containing strophanthus surmentosus seeds with pappus, from Nigeria, English jar, 1880-1920

Clear glass specimen jar

1880-1920

Glass specimen jar, containing roasted and broken cocoa seeds

Glass specimen jar

1880-1920

Glass specimen jar containing roasted cocoa seeds from Trinidad

Glass specimen jar containing roasted cocoa seeds

1860-1920

Glass specimen jar containing theobroma cacao wax

Glass specimen jar containing theobroma cacao wax

1860-1920

Clear glass specimen jar, paper lidded, containing strophanthus dichotomus and follicles and seeds from Cadek, Malacca, via Botanic Gardens, Singapore, 1919, English jar, 1880-1920

Clear glass specimen jar

1880-1920

Clear glass specimen jar, paper lidded, containing strophanthus preusii follicle with seeds attached, from Lagos, English jar, 1880-1920

Clear glass specimen jar

1880-1920

Clear glass specimen jar, paper lidded, containing strophanthus trunk and branches from East Africa, 1889, English jar, 1880-1920

Clear glass specimen jar containing stropanthus trunk and branches

1880-1920

Clear glass specimen jar, paper lidded, containing strophanthus minor seeds from the Niger, 1888, English jar, 1880-1920

Clear glass specimen jar

1880-1920

Glass specimen jar containing cashew gum from Ceylon

Glass specimen jar containing cashew gum

1871-1930

Clear glass specimen jar containing raw cotton with its seeds from Jamaica, English jar, 1860-1920

Clear glass specimen jar containing raw cotton with its seeds from Jamaica

1860-1920

Glass specimen jar, paper lidded containing cherry laurel seeds mounted on card, from Dryburgh Abbey, Berwick, 1826, jar English, 1825-1880

Glass specimen jar

1825-1880

Clear glass specimen jar containing guazuma almifolia, cones, in good condition, English jar, 1871-1920

Clear glass specimen jar containing guazuma almifolia

1871-1920

Glass specimen jar, paper lid, containing chew stick root of Jamaica, English jar, 1871-1920

Glass specimen jar

1871-1920

Clear glass specimen jar containing large lumps of ferula foetida resin dated 1834, English jar, 1860-1920

Clear glass specimen jar containing large lumps of ferula foetida resin dated 1834

1860-1920

Clear glass specimen jar containing raisin fruits, English jar, 1871-1920

Clear glass specimen jar containing raisin fruits

1871-1920

Clear glass specimen bottle, paper cap, containing spikes or typha orientalis flowers, like pampas, used for tinder, from Japan, English bottle, 1851-1920

Clear glass specimen bottle

1851-1920

Clear glass specimen jar, paper lidded, containing white mustard seeds, English, 1871-1921

Clear glass specimen jar

1871-1920

Specimen jar, with paper lid, containing pods and seeds of tephrosia Africana, used as fish poison, from Sierra Leone, jar English, 1871-1930

Specimen jar

1871-1930

Small specimen bottle with paper lid containing Alexandrian senna leaves and pods, jar English, 1871-1930

Small specimen bottle with paper lid containing Alexandrian senna leaves and pods

1871-1930

Glass specimen jar, paper lidded, containing thorns of unknown provenance used as fish hooks, English jar, 1880-1930

Glass specimen jar

1880-1930

Clear glass specimen bottle, paper lid, containing down feathers from Japan, used as tinder, English bottle, 1851-1920

Clear glass specimen bottle

1851-1920

Glass specimen jar, paper holder divided internally by card partition, one side containing loose tea from Assam with two glass test tubes included, containing Russian tea, the other compartment contains more loose Assam tea, jar English, 1840-1910

Glass specimen jar

1840-1910

Glass specimen bottle, paper lid, containing British rhubarb stems, from Bombay, bottle English, 1850-1920

Glass specimen bottle

1850-1920

Clear glass specimen jar, paper lid, containing seeds or nuts from semecarpus anacardium, English jar, 1871-1920

Clear glass specimen jar

1871-1920

Clear glass specimen jar containing raw cotton, plus some seeds, English jar, 1871-1920

Clear glass specimen jar containing raw cotton

1871-1920

Clear glass specimen bottle containing gratiola officinalis leaves, English bottle, 1851-1920

Clear glass specimen bottle containing gratiola officinalis leaves

1851-1920

Clear glass specimen jar containing gossypium herbaceum, various seeds, partitioned with card, from Mexico and Pernambuco, English jar, 1860-1920

Clear glass specimen jar containing gossypium herbaceum

1860-1920

Specimen jar containing 2 types of solidified resinous extract

Specimen jar containing solidified resinous extract

1861-1920

Specimen jar full of gentian root, jar English, 1871-1930

Specimen jar full of gentian root

1871-1930

Specimen jar containing root-bark of tanner's cassia bark from Madra Museum 1870

Specimen jar containing root-bark of tanner's cassia bark

1861-1920

Specimen jar containing bark of fedegosa root from Brazil 1843

Specimen jar containing bark of fedegosa root

1861-1920