6" length of 3/8" iron bitumen insulated telegraph cable, Calcutta 1855 6" length of 3/8" iron bitumen insulated telegraph cable 1855
Small glass bottle with chamois covering full of Lead and Opium pills. 45 mm x 20 mm diameter, 13 g. Label reads, 'R. Scott Thompson and Co./ Medical Hall Calcutta/ LEAD AND OPIUM PILLS/ Use.- In mild cases of diarrhoea and dysentery./ Dose.- One every 3 hours, til purging abates.' Dispensed by R. Scott Thompson and Co., Calcutta, India, 1831-1900. Small bottle of Lead and Opium pills 1831-1900
Invitation card, inviting Mr and Mrs George Turnbull to a ball held by Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh on board HMS Galatea on 4 January 1870. Turnbull had been Chief Engineer of the East Indian Railway. Invitation to a ball on HMS Galatea, 1870 1870
20 datoon toothbrushes, cut from streblus asper, bought in Calcutta bazaar, Calcutta, India, 1880-1920 Datoon toothbrushes 1880-1920
Clear glass specimen jar, paper lid, containing strophanthus wallichii, follicles, said to be 14, from Calcutta, English jar, 1880-1920 Clear glass specimen jar 1880-1920
Round glass bottle with croken cork stopper for Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), with traces of contents remaining. 95 mm x 25 mm diameter, 30g. Dispensed by Smith, Stanistreet and Co, Calcutta, India, 1831-1900. Bottle for Paregoric Elixir 1831-1900
Button, East Indian Railway, white metal. Depicting crest. Dimensions: 3/4" dia. East Indian Railway button
Three datoons made from twigs, from Calcutta bazaar, Calcutta, Indian, 1880-1920 Three datoons made from twigs 1880-1920
Bundle of 20 datoon toothbrushes, cut from the karanja tree, pongamia glabra, bought in the Calcutta bazaar, Calcutta, India, 1880-1920 Bundle of datoon toothbrushes 1880-1920