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Three
enamel on copper apothecary bottle labels with silver
chains, finely decorated with a floral design. The
labels read "Witchazel", "Bicarbonate of Soda" and
"Peroxide". They are made in the shape of a shield
which is convex in two planes to accommodate the curve
of a bottle. The back of each shield is marked
"France" but they would have been made for
an English customer around the late 19th century. They
are unsigned. Similar earlier examples can be seen in
Elizabeth Bennion's "Antique Medical Instruments"
(plate XIV) |