Medicine bottle
Category
Medical & health
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Cardboard, Paper
Measurements
93 x 48 x 46 mm
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338260.9
Summary
Clear glass medicine bottle. Circular section, stopper with rectangular handle. Contains white crystals of various sizes and a paper label: 'Sal ammonian'. Tightly fitted inside the sleeve lid of a square cardboard box, printed in red 'Brown's Satin Polish. Awarded the highest award and only medal, Paris Exhibition 1878'. On base of box (top of lid), handwritten in black in 'Castor oil'.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.