Wooden drawer of oil bottles
- Made:
- Italy
Wooden drawer from a medicine chest containing ten bottles of oil with vellum coverings. Drawer: 245mm x 90 mm x 60 mm, 390 g. Although most of the bottles are not labelled, a few are legible including 'Olio del gran duce', 'Olio coni. Veleni' and 'Olio de Spasimo'. Unknown maker, probably Italian.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A642016
- Materials:
- oil, glass, vellum, incomplete and wood
- type:
- medicine chests and bottles
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
