Bottle and stopper
Thompson & Capper
Category
Glass
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass bottle with ink printed paper label and cork stopper
Measurements
80 mm (Height); 15 mm (Dia)
Place of origin
Manchester
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1147106.14
Summary
Medicine bottle with cork stopper. A glass medicine bottle, containing white pills, with a cork stopper and a paper label.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
Paper label on the front of the bottlle: CHAMOMOLLA. 1 / PRINCIPAL USES - nervous irritability, con - / vulsions; diseases of young children; / diarrhoea during teething; rash of infants / during nursing; dry cough at night, in / children; twitching of the limbs / DOSE; - TWO PILULES or two drops of TINCTURE / to be repeated every two, four, or six hours, / according to the severity of the symptoms. / For a child, half the quantity / THOMPSON & CAPPER / Homeopathic Chemist / LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER On the top of the cork: CICUTA
Makers and roles
Thompson & Capper , chemist