Veterinary medicine chest
- Made:
- circa 1860 in England
Veterinary medicine chest, oak, with main storage compartment in three sections and a drawer, formerly the property of the Hawkins family, Staunton Court, nr. Gloucester, with various contents of the medicine chest including instruments, glassware, ointment jars, paper packets of medicine, and other medical preparations. The top drawer of the chest contains glass medicine bottles, mostly with glass stoppers. Some of the bottles are empty, although some still contain medical preparations. Other substances present in the glassware include antimony, digitalis, tobacco, ipecacuanha powder, ammonium hydrochloride, strychnine (in a green glass poison bottle), and calomel (mercury chloride). The removable bottom shelf contains metal ointment pots, and various medicines in paper packets, including aresnic. Unknown maker, English, c. 1870.
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
Veterinary medicine chest
circa 1860
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Details
- Category:
- Veterinary Medicine
- Object Number:
- 1988-988
- Materials:
- oak (wood), brass (copper, zinc alloy), calomel, ipecacuanha, digitalis, antimony, ammonium hydrochloride, strychnine, aresnic, chamois, complete, glass and oak
- type:
- medicine chest
- credit:
- Purchased from J W Hawkins
