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Set of four sand-glasses

1720

Ship's Log Sand Glass, Unsigned, 1601-1700

1601-1700

Kohl, surma powder used to colour eyes

1851-1930

Single sand-glass in silver mount

hallmarked 1799

Pulse glass in wooden case

1845-1855

Single sand-glass in double leather mount

Piece of amadou tinder covered in fine brown powder enclosed in circular metal box with glass lid top

1801-1900
Cetaceum powder or spermaceti powder, European, 1870-1930

Cetaceum powder or spermaceti powder

1870-1930
Pulse glass, with orange powder, in metal case, European, 19th century

Pulse glass

1801-1900
Sample of Ordinary Cinchona Febrifuge, prepared from Cinchona succirubra, from the Royal Botanic Gardens Collection, Kew, prepared Calcutta, India, about 1882

Sample of Ordinary Cinchona Febrifuge

1882
Bottle containing O Long Tan, a black powder used as a pain-killer in cover of colic and sunstroke, bottle in cylindrical jar with stopper, Chinese, 1880-1940

Bottle containing O Long Tan

1880-1940
Sample of magani powder, used by Kebbi tribe, Northern Nigeria, to give immunity from crocodiles, 1920-1931

Sample of magani powder

1920-1931
Gentian powder prepared by the British Drug Houses Ltd. London, in polythene bag, 1901-1940

Gentian powder prepared by the British Drug Houses Ltd. London

Fine white powder, possibly Saccharin, from Savory and Moore Ltd., English, 1901-1930

Fine white powder