Lint box
Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd
Category
Medical & health
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard and cotton wool
Measurements
45 x 100 x 50 mm
Place of origin
Nottingham
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937627
Summary
Long, narrow, rectangular cardboard box, dark blue, light blue and white with square pattern, Regaid First Aid 'Sick Room and Nursery Requisites. Sold at all Branches of Boots the Chemists'. Boots Pure Drug Com. Ltd., Nottingham. Advertised as containing Superfine, absorbent surgical lint, actually containing a cotton-wool like material.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Makers and roles
Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd, manufacturer