Medicine bottle
Category
Medical & health
Date
1740 - 1800
Materials
Glass
Measurements
90 x 34 mm; 26 mm (Width)
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Saltram, Devon
NT 871351.2.4
Summary
Medicine bottle - One of sixteen glass bottles contained in a travelling medicine chest in mahogany. The interior is fitted with blue baize lined compartments for bottles of differing sizes and six drawers fitted with compartments for bottles and pill boxes, scales, weights and other medical requisits. The whole is surmounted by a large brass carrying handle.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1957 and given to NT by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley as part of the Endowment