Accession No

0774

Brief Description

mahogany chest containing medicine bottles and medicine weighing and preparing equipment, 1800 (c)

Origin

Maker

Class

medical

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

wood (mahogany); metal (brass); cloth (velvet, baize); glass; rope (string); paper (card)

Dimensions

box height 181mm; depth 155mm; width 173mm; large bottles height 108mm; cross section 45mm square; small bottles height 104mm; cross-section 37mm by 25mm; length of steel yard arm 126mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from A. Johnson, Bournemouth, England, on 31/01/1935.

Inscription

‘N T’ (monogram on plate set into lid)

Description Notes

Mahogany brass bound box lined with red velvet. Hinged lid. Green baize on base. Divided interior containing six large and four small square glass bottles with glass stoppers. All glass medicine bottles are empty. Drawer below, with hinged brass handle. Divided interior containing glass mortar and pestle. Apothecaries scales: steel yard arm with brass pans and brass weights - 2 dram; 1 dram; 1/2 dram; 1 scruple; 2 scruple; plus seven smaller weights. Brass locking bar. Brass carrying handle in lid. Brass hinges and lock.

Condition good (drawer is stiff. To open, remove the brass pin to the right of the lock - interior top).

References

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