a) Pine box with elaborate pressed metal handles; box contains built in (added later?) pine supports for various sizes of jars. Not all have jars in. Box top interior is lined in green felt Box contains b) glass jar with white crystal contents, with handwritten label "Pot. Iodid." c) Glass jar containing white powder. Label reads: "The Blackwood Pharmacy / Francis H. ink / Pharmaceutical Chemist / Bridgetown", with Handwritten "Quinine Sulphate". Printed label on other side reads: "QUININAE SULPHAS B.P. / F.H. FAULDING & Co LTD" etc d) Glass jar; printed label reads "LEVINSTEIN LIMITED / BLACKLEY / MANCHESTER / acriflavine / Arvalin Brand" contains ochre - coloured powder (degenerated) e) glass jar; contains cream powder, white handwritten label "M & B / 693" f) glass jar; contains fluid, with handwritten label "Sph. Annan Aronat" g) glass jar; contains viscose fluid, handwritten label reads "GLYCERINE". Small lift out wood tray in centre of box contains i) Pair of collapsible hanging scales, made of copper with small trays suspended in string. j) "Elastoplast" brand flat in box (relatively contemporary) contains 8 pharmaceutical weights circular in shape and marked in scales of "DRACHMS", and 8 flat metal squares stamped in scales of "GRAMS". Travelling pharmacists / doctors case.
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | H1988.457.a-j |
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| Accession Date: | 22 Jun 1988 |
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Material
| Wood/Wood | wood,fan,metal,felt,paper
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Measurement
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