Medicine box
Category
Medical & health
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Dalbergia nigra, Glass, Rosewood [dalbergia nigra], Steel, Wood
Measurements
165 x 152 x 114 mm
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338290.1
Summary
Medicine box - Box of rosewood veneer, with key in the lock. brass lock, escutcheon and hinges. Interior compartmentalised into 14 differing sized sections lined with red velvet (in tatters). Veneer missing from back. Small drawer with brass handle and escutcheon; compartmentalised. Romovable metal rod from inside lid beside lock holds drawer. Contains 10 glass bottles.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.