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Tin of 'Allenburys' throat pastilles, London, England, 1920-1940

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1940

Box for 'Trilene' tablets, Europe, 1801-1900

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Clinomyn smokers toothpaste

Dentistry

1971-1975

Box for the ‘Tyne’ Hair Restorer, England, 1890-1915

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1890-1915

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1854

Oval enamelled box, England, 1761-1820

Smoking

1761-1820

Box for Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1937-1949

Towel box, Royal Train - Great Western Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

1900-1940

Cardboard box for Halycalcyne

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1930-1960

Signal relay box

Signalling & Telecommunications

Toilet box, Ancient Egyptian, 650-350 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

650-350 BCE

Box for miniature bottle of Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry.

Box for miniature bottle of Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry

Passenger Comforts

Copy of Red Cross food parcel

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

Cardboard box and paper

Coal Mining

Box containing ampoules of Strophanthus extract, England, 1917

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917

Pack of Miraxid Paediatric Suspension, United Kingdom, 1980-1986

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1980-1986

Carboard box for 10 doses of live BP Trivalent (sabin type) poliomyelitis vaccine, for oral administration to provide protection against poliomyelitis manufactured by The Wellcome Foundation Ltd, London, and supplied by Evans Medical Ltd, Leatherhead, England, 1994

Box for polio vaccine

Public Health & Hygiene

1994

Box lid for Magnum XL Series model engine

Aeronautics

Circular box of imitation ivory cellulose nitrate

Plastics and Modern Materials

1900-1914

Box for ICON Smart Bike Light

Computing & Data Processing

2017

detonator storage box

Coal Mining

Empty cardboard Cussons Darts

Industrial Chemistry

Box from, Pair of Bell telephones made for the Pri

Telecommunications

Sterilisable metal box, containing glass syringe and metal trocar holder. There are no trocar or needle points included. Has a lid that slots over the bottom half, inscribed 'Casa Saldanha'. Stored inside the Livingstone medicine chest. Produced by Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, England, 1900-1910.

Sterilisable metal box containing glass syringe

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1910

Acrylic box, for displaying dentures, English, 1955-1965

Acrylic box for displaying dentures, England, 1955-1965

Dentistry

1955-1965

Small wooden box to hold calf lymph, England, 1900-1910

Public Health & Hygiene

1900-1910

Small fitted wooden box with space for three components (one only present) from commercial model of a wheel or steel-disc coherer (thin-film detector), Muirhead and Company, Beckenham, London, England, 1902. For use by the Lodge-Muirhead Wireless and General Telegraphy Syndicate Ltd.

Wooden box from wheel or steel-disc coherer (thin-film detector), 1902

Radio Communication

1902

Box lid for ED Boomerang radio

Aeronautics

1 Box, Tragacanth (Orchal)

Box of Tragacanth

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Box, perhaps for checks or tokens

Coal Mining

box

Aeronautics

Empty cardboard gift set box "

Industrial Chemistry

1980

Box, pine, for rail transport of fishing rods, with luggage labels for SR and LNER, by Cummins, Rod Maker of Bishop Auckland, c.1935.

Box, pine, for rail transport of fishing rods, with luggage

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1935

2 sets of thin brass weights, assorted grain weigh

Pharmacy-ware

1850-1930

Box for conventional, or dry, smear test kit. Similar kits for conventional (dry) smear tests were used in hospitals until 2003

Box for conventional, or dry, smear test kit

Clinical Diagnosis

1960-2003

Empty cardboard Cussons Darts

Industrial Chemistry

Ballot box, N.A.C.O.D.S.

Coal Mining

Control box

Electronic Components

WRNS Tool Box

Aeronautics

Box lid for Japanese version of Jetex rocket motor

Aeronautics

Cardboard box containing five ampoules of iodine by Burroughs Wellcome American

Ampoules of iodine

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Cardboard box containing four ampoules of iodine, by Burroughs Wellcome, American

Ampoules of iodine

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Cardboard box for 'the Kodak Picture Printing Outfit'. Kodak Limited 1934.

Carton For The Kodak Picture Printing Outfit

Photographic Technology

1934

Carton for VP twin camera.

Carton For V P Twin Camera

Photographic Technology

Box of Jeweller's screwdrivers

Aeronautics

box

Local History

Case for pair of muzzle loading flintlock pistols

Wellcome (general)

1801-1830

Chamois lined leather box for Amber cigarette holder

Plastics and Modern Materials

1900-1950

Staff and ticket box, Kinnersley and Llanymynech

Signalling & Telecommunications

box

Industrial Chemistry