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Specimen jar containing kola nuts

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1920

Specimen jar of fruits of Mucuna pruriens

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1820-1900

Coco de mer fruit, Praslin Island, Seychelles, 1851-1930

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1930

Glass drug jar, cylindrical, with parchment cover,

Medical Glass-ware

1601-1800

Kola nuts in glass jar, Africa, 1880-1920

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1920

2 nuts of blood wood, eucalyptus corymbosa, used f

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1930

Cylindrical clear glass bottle, handblown into mou

Medical Glass-ware

1780-1880

Glass jar, contains long pod with section removed cotton-wool like substance inside

Glass jar containing large seed pod

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1930

White glass shop round with floral decoration, for

Medical Glass-ware

1850-1900

Glass specimen jar, containing groundnuts, some loose, other in pods, provenance unknown

Specimen jar containing groundnuts

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930

Glass specimen jar holding fruit and stalk of chick-pea

Specimen jar containing chick-pea

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1935

Empty glass bottle for fruit lozenges

Medical Glass-ware

1850-1900

Glass specimen bottle containing a large butternut from North America

Glass specimen bottle containing a large butternut

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1940

Glass bottle, contains rambutan fruits from Malaya

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1930

Corked specimen bottle containing jalwattri, mace, from India, bottle English, 1901 to 1940

Corked specimen bottle containing jalwattri, mace,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1940

Specimen jar of helieteres isora fruits, automoora, Bengal, 1830-1900

Specimen jar of helieteres isora fruits, automoora

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1900

Glass specimen jar, containing l'ien shih, fox-nuts from China

Glass specimen jar, containing l'ien shih, fox-nut

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1935

Fruit (gourd?) of unknown provenance, 1830-1920

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1920

Fruit, in section, of unknown provenance, 1830-1920

Fruit, in section, of unknown provenance, 1830-192

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1920

Airtight circular glass dish on rectangular glass plate, containing dried juniper berries, provenance unknown, container foreign, 1870-1930

Airtight circular glass dish on rectangular glass

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930

Fruit, pumpkin-like, segmented sections, no provenance, 19th century

Fruit, pumpkin-like, segmented sections, no proven

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Fruit, provenance unknown, 1830-1920

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1920

Four betel nuts mounted on card provenance unknown 1830-1920

Four betel nuts mounted on card provenance unknown

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1920

Fruit of unknown provenance, 1830-1920

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1920

Dried fruit resembling a turnip, no provenance, 19th century

Dried fruit resembling a turnip, no provenance, 19

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Fruits of gulab kabuli, probably South East Asian, possibly Indian, 1830-1930

Fruits of gulab kabuli, probably South East Asian,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1920

Specimen bottle of cloves, eugenia fruit, from Kamuning estate, Perak, Malaya, 1870-1940

Specimen bottle of cloves, eugenia fruit, from Kam

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Cylindrical glass bottle, contains fruit and seeds of Longan, Chinese 1880-1940

Cylindrical glass bottle, contains fruit and seeds

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1940

Fruit specimen of Sagus Vitiensis (sago), from Fiji, 1920 - 1930

Fruit specimen of Sagus Vitiensis (sago), from Fij

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1930

Cicular circular glass container on glass backing plate, contains corn silk from Fiji, used as a diuretic

Cicular circular glass container on glass backing

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1920

Clear glass bottle, contains seeds and fruit (?), Chinese, 1880-1940

Clear glass bottle, contains seeds and fruit (?),

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1940

Blue glazed earthenware jar, chipped, containing crystallized fruit(?), probably from Middle or Far East, 1801-1920

Blue glazed earthenware jar, chipped, containing c

Medical Ceramic-ware

1801-1920

Ferminallia bellerica fruit from Madras

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Container of Laurel nuts, Samoa, 1901-1930

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1930

Specimen bottle of Juglans cinerea fruits, Butternuts, North and South America, 1871-1940

Specimen bottle of Juglans cinerea fruits, Buttern

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1940

Domed specimen jar, containing fibre and fruit of hydriastele (Kentia) Wendlandiana, from South Australia, 1872, jar English, 1871 to 1930

Domed specimen jar, containing fibre and fruit of

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1871-1930

Glass specimen jar with paper cover, containing water chestnuts, mounted on card, from Canton, jar English(?), 1881 to 1936

Glass specimen jar with paper cover, containing wa

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1881-1936

Glass specimen bottle containing fruit and stalks from South Africa

Glass specimen bottle containing fruit and stalks

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930

Clear glass jar with domed top and rim forming pedestal base with cork, containing coffee fruit and twigs, provenance unknown, jar English(?), 1840-1920

Clear glass jar with domed top and rim forming ped

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1840-1920

Glass bottle, corked, containing amleh softeh, fruits of emblica officinalis from Persia, bottle English, 1880-1930

Glass bottle, corked, containing amleh softeh, fru

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1930

Corked specimen bottle containing safaid kabazi, mallow fruits from India, bottle English, 1901-1940

Corked specimen bottle containing safaid kabazi, m

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1940

Specimen jar, no stopper, containing stem and fruit(?) of gardenia from West Indies

Specimen jar, no stopper, containing stem and frui

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1890

Glass specimen jar, containing English rose hips

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1920

Clear glass specimen bottle, for issue peas, with content from Peru, for keeping wounds open, English bottle, 1880-1930

Clear glass specimen bottle, for issue peas, with

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1930

Bottle of fruits, sapodilla or Naseberry, Central America, 1870-1900

Bottle of fruits, sapodilla or Naseberry, Central

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1900

Glass bottle, containing fruits collected by Miss Colquhoun, 1842

Glass bottle, containing fruits collected by Miss

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1840-1920

Clear glass specimen bottle with cork, containing colocynth pith and seeds, from Europe and Asia, bottle English(?), 1880-1920

Clear glass specimen bottle with cork, containing

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1920

Specimen bottle containing Indian areca nuts

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1900

Glass specimen jar containing various nuts and seeds, provenance unknown

Glass specimen jar containing various nuts and see

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1920

Specimen bottle of olea europaea fruits, olives, Asia, 1850-1900

Specimen bottle of olea europaea fruits, olives, A

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1900