Medicine chest

Made:
1820-1850 in London

Medicine chest, mahogany, 22 glass bottles, 20 labelled, 15 from T.C. Lester of Hull, 4 drawers of drugs, 4 boxes of drugs, 1 loose label, 7 glass fluid measures, 1 pottery fluid measure, 1 card pill box, 1 pottery pestle, 1 pottery pill tile, scales, plaster spreader, knife and catgut tube, c1840

Parts

Round bottle of Aromatic Powder for Confection

Round bottle of Aromatic Powder for Confection

Round glass bottle with cork stopper full of 'Aromatic Powder for Confecton' (contains opium). 48 mm x 35 mm diameter, 61g. Dispensed by T.C. Lester Chemists, Hull, 1820-1850.

Measurements:
overall: 48 mm 35 mm, 61g
Materials:
complete , glass , cork , paper and opium
Object Number:
A630114 Pt13
type:
bottle and opium
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Containing approximately 4 ounces of Laudanum (Tincture of Opium). Manufactured by William Baker.

Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A630114 Pt21
type:
bottle and opium