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Box containing jet-black powder, labelled 'ivory black'

Box containing jet-black powder, labelled 'ivory black'

1790-1819
Box containing blue powder, labelled 'Smalt'

Box containing blue powder, labelled 'Smalt'

1790-1819
Folded paper packet, labelled 'white powder'

Folded paper packet, labelled 'white powder'

1790-1819
Box containing crumpled paper and red powder, labelled 'best lake'

Box containing crumpled paper and red powder, labelled 'best lake'

1790-1819
White ceramic jar with lid, containing white power, labelled "Sachm. Saturni"

White ceramic jar with lid, containing white power, labelled "Sachm. Saturni"

1790-1819
Kohl, surma powder used to colour eyes

Kohl, surma powder used to colour eyes

1851-1930
Pulse glass in wooden case

Pulse glass in wooden case

1845-1855
Ship's Log Sand Glass, Unsigned, 1601-1700

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

1601-1700
Set of four sand-glasses

Set of four sand-glasses

1720
Single sand-glass in double leather mount

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

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

1801-1900
Single sand-glass in silver mount

Single sand-glass in silver mount

hallmarked 1799
Cetaceum powder or spermaceti powder, European, 1870-1930

Cetaceum powder or spermaceti powder

1870-1930
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

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

Fine white powder