Medicine chest, large, leather covered, contains 71 bottles, some with labels, 78 pewter boxes, and 17 other pieces, probably made for Vincenzo Giustiniani, Genoese Governor of between 1562 and 1566
Some of the bottles still appear to have their 16th-century contents, including compounds such as rhubarb powder, juniper water and mustard oil.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A641515
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), iron (gilt) and complete
- Measurements:
-
overall: 37.5 kg
- type:
- medicine chest
- credit:
- Giustiniani family
Parts
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest, with contents
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box for red coral
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest, with contents
Box for sulphur
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box of powder for piles
Box for powder for piles
Box for terra sigillata
Box of gold leaf
Box from medicine chest
Box for sambucus seeds
Box for extract for polipody
Box from medicine chest, with contents
Box for an electuary
Box from medicine chest, with contents
Box for electurary for the teeth
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Pewter box of Teriaca d'Andromaco
Box for Armenian earth
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box ffor orvietanum
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Stomach ointment, from medicine chest
Box for to plaster to prevent miscarriages
box for ointment for the spleen
Box for plaster for wounds
Box from medicine chest
Ointment for piles
Pewter box of Mithridate
Box of old theriac
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box for powder of camomile
Box for oinment
Box from medicine chest
- Materials:
- pewter , paper (fibre product) and materia medica
- Object Number:
- A641515 Pt47
- type:
- boxes
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Hellebore extract
Box from medicine chest
Preparation of hartshorn
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Preparation of hartshorn
Preparation of hartshorn
Box for hyacinth preparation
Five-sided box, from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Five-sided box, from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Box from medicine chest
Mortar, from Genoese medicine chest
Pestle, from Genoese medicine chest
Ossicles
- Object Number:
- A641515 Pt79
- type:
- ossicles
Yellow substance from medicine chest
- Object Number:
- A641515 Pt80
- type:
- stick
Brush, from Genoese medicine chest
Section of antler, from Genoese medicine chest
- Object Number:
- A641515 Pt82
- type:
- antlers