Homeopathic remedies
A. Hallet
Category
Medical & health
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, leather, fabric and glass.
Measurements
Chest - 189 mm (length); 78 mm (width); 41 mm (height), Each bottle – 54 mm (height); 13 mm (diameter), Spoon – 57 mm (length)
Place of origin
2 Beauchamp Terrace
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Longshaw Estate, Derbyshire
NT 662718
Summary
A small medicine chest of wood covered in black leather, with a lid which was originally hinged, but is now detached. This lid is itself in the form of a chest similar to the other half. Each chest is lined with purple velvet and contains twelve (in the lid) and eleven (in the lower box) small glass bottles with corks. Each has a paper label bearing the name of a homeopathic drug, but all are now empty. In the compartment where the 24th bottle would be is a very small metal spoon. Total number of items is 26.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Miss D. Chawner in May 1976.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of the lid: 'A.HALLETT/ HOMEOPATHIC CHEMIST/ 2, BEAUCHAMP TERR./ GT. MALVERN'
Makers and roles
A. Hallet, maker