Medicine bottle stopper
R. A. Potts
Category
Medical & health
Date
Unknown
Materials
Dough, Glass, Leather, Paper, Vegetal
Measurements
112 x 43 mm
Place of origin
Grosvenor Square
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884398.5.2
Summary
Medicine bottle stopper - glass bottle and stopper labelled Eau de Cologne from R.A. Potts, Chemist of South Audley Street, Grosvenor Square, with chamois leather cover to bottle tied with string; one of twelve bottles from a travelling medicine chest with brass fittings and flush handles, LAN.MD.1.1.
Provenance
Probably acquired with the house as Mary Hunt, Anna Maria's mother, lived at South Audley Street, Anna Maria next door in Dean Street and Thomas James and Thomas Charles had a house in Grosvenor Square. R.A. Potts, Chemists, was used by the family.
Marks and inscriptions
(printed label on front shoulder) EAU DE COLOGNE.
Makers and roles
R. A. Potts, chemist