10th Aug, 2022 12:00
A Cabinet of Curiosities: including an Important Natural History Collection
A LATE 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY APOTHECARY CHEST
LATE 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY APOTHECARY CHEST,
the hinged cover enclosing a silk lined interior fitted with eighteen glass bottles, these with handwritten and printed labels for 'BORAX', 'OLIVE OIL', 'CHOLOF', 'ETHER', 'TINCTURE OF IODINE', 'BISMUTH', 'AMMONIA', 'IODINE', 'CASTOR', 'ESSENCE GINGER', 'PAREGORIC', 'PEPPERMINT', 'BALSAM', 'NITRE', 'SAL VOLATILE', 'IPECACUANHA WINE', 'BORIC ACID', 'BORAX', and 'OLIVE OIL', centred by two graduated trays containing a glass syringe and two vials, the chest 30.5cm wide
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Sold for £500
Estimated at £100 - £150
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