Wooden casket-like chest covered with shagreen and lined with red velvet

Made:
1701-1900
Wooden casket-like chest covered with shagreen and lined with

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Wooden casket-like chest covered with shagreen and lined with red velvet, contains 8 cylindrical glass bottles with stoppers, 4 glass phials and a glass funnel, all empty, probably English, 18th or 19th century

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A60921
Materials:
wood, shagreen, velvet, brass and braid
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Bowen