Ointment jar
Menley and James Ltd.
Category
Medical & health
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, paper, glass, metal and ointment
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937528
Summary
Small cardboard box containing a bottle of Iodex, pain relief ointment, from manufacturing chemist Menley & James Ltd., and supplied by W.F. Downes M.P.S., Dispensing Chemist and Pharmacist, Broadheath, Altrincham; (a) box - small, square, red and white cardboard box; (b) bottle - small, squat, round glass bottle with wide metal screw cap and red and white label; the main label, on which is handwritten (in black ink) 'The Ointment / Lord Stamford', is cream with black print.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Makers and roles
Menley and James Ltd., chemist