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Victorian Apothecary's Medicine Chest |
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19th C Cobalt Blue Apothecary Jar |
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A fine old apothecary's medicine chest
with its original contents. The chest itself is in excellent
condition with its original key. The chest, bottles and contents
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A magnificent Victorian dark cobalt
blue apothecary jar with an inset gold trimmed label reading 'Syr.
Sennae' (Senna laxative). It is rare to find these cobalt jars with
a polyhedral stopper. Excellent condition throughout. Approx 210 x
80 mm |
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18th
Century Boxwood Pill Silverer (Lynch) |
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Pill Press (Simon) |
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A late 18th century boxwood pill
silverer on a pedestal with a beautifully rich mellow patina.
Apothecaries having fashioned their pills would coat them with
silver or gold by placing them in these containers with a silver or
gold powder. Gently rolling the pills within the sealed sphere would
cover them, ready for bottling. This is a very fine example in
excellent condition noting that the thread between the lid and body
is loose. It is signed Lynch (and what looks like London, but the
lettering has faded). There is a similar example on plate X1V in
Elisabeth Bennion's "Antique Medical Instruments".
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An unusual and high quality brass pill
press from just after the the turn of or the century engraved
"Patent Richard Simon Nottingham" and numbered 251 on both the
handle and the head. An intricate mechanism with a hinged lid allows
the pills to be pressed into a template. The pill "dough" would then
be cut by means of the attached rotating knife and then removed on
an early bakelite perforated plate. The hinges and plates remain in
excellent condition and the piece is in perfect working order.
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French Apothecary Montgolfier Jars |
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Vaseline Uranium
Apothecary Jar |
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Set of three superb quality Parisian
porcelain apothecary jars from the late 19th C. Stunning
commemorative decorations of Montgolfier airship flights. "MENTHA".
"Airship of Dr. Jonatham at the village of Dessesse brugue 'Pay de
Galles' (?Wales) after having traversed 20 miles out and returned on
December 22, 1794". "PAPAVER". "First flight of Mr. Pilâtre de
Rozier on November 21, 1783". "EUCALYPTUS". “Arrival at the good
town of Paris of the airship Majesty Louis XVIII - King de France
and of Navarre on May 4, 1814”. Each base marked "MIELLES
Apothicaire a Bordeaux". Perfect condition. No chips or cracks. 26,5
cm with lid 17.5 cm without. Diameter 11,3 cm. |
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A rare vaseline uranium jar produced
by adding uranium oxide to the batch which causes the glass to glow
bright green in ultraviolet light. These were fashionable for a
short period in Victorian times but are now hard to find. This is a
fine example in perfect condition with no chips or crack on the
bottle or the stopper. The original label reads 'Oleum Pini
Pumilionis' and is mint. The original ground glass stopper fits well
and removes easily. 110 x 45 x 35 mm
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Set of 9 Green Ribbed LUG Apothecary
Bottles |
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A fine matching set of 9 green ribbed
'lug' apothecary bottles. 7 With narrow and two with wide necks.
They have their original gold leaf labels with black print on a red
background behind glass. All the labels are in excellent condition.
All the bottles are in perfect, with one or two bubbles in keeping
with glass manufacturing of the time but no cracks or chips. All the
stoppers are original and all can be removed and all are exceptional
condition. It is hard to imagine that these are 100 years old. A
superb display. |
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