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A Good Example of an Early Apothecary Cabinet
Elmgarden
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A Good Example of an Early Apothecary Cabinet

19th century
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Description

A Good Example of an Early Apothecary Cabinet

This is a rare piece from the 1st half of the 19th century, inside, it has a fitted interior with both long and short medicine bottles, a scale, weights, including a dated provenance

The Cabinet is 9” tall, 11” wide and 8” deep

DG73

Physical Dimensions
Height
23cm (9.06")
Width
27cm (10.63")
Depth
20cm (7.87")
Declaration

Elmgarden has dated this Antique Mahogany Apothecary Box to the 1800s.

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SA1190707
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DG73
Description
A Good Example of an Early Apothecary Cabinet
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This is a rare piece from the 1st half of the 19th century, inside, it has a fitted interior with both long and short medicine bottles, a scale, weights, including a dated provenance.
Elmgarden

The Cabinet is 9” tall, 11” wide and 8” deep

DG73

Height
23cm (9.06")
Width
27cm (10.63")
Depth
20cm (7.87")
Date of Manufacture

Elmgarden has dated this Antique Mahogany Apothecary Box to the 1800s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1190707
Dealers Internal Ref
DG73
Elmgarden
Elmgarden
Sellingantiques verified Since Feb 2010
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An open antique mahogany apothecary chest featuring velvet-lined compartments filled with glass bottles and a lower drawer containing scales.
A Good Example of an Early Apothecary Cabinet
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An open antique mahogany apothecary chest featuring velvet-lined compartments filled with glass bottles and a lower drawer containing scales.
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An antique apothecary box is a portable wooden chest designed during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for medical professionals or households to store medicines, chemical phials, and instruments.

Apothecary chests were constructed primarily from hardwoods like mahogany or walnut, lined with velvet or plush fabric, and contained hand-blown glass stoppered bottles alongside brass hardware and balance scales.

Authentic period chests exhibit hand-cut dovetail joinery, ground-glass bottle stoppers numbered or shaped to fit specific compartments, genuine velvet lining showing natural age wear, and period brass escutcheon plates.

An apothecary chest is best styled opened on a study desk, sideboard, or library bookshelf, allowing the interior velvet compartments, glass phials, and brass fittings to serve as a focal decorative display.

Keep the timber away from direct heat sources and sunlight to prevent cracking, clean glass bottles using a soft microfibre cloth, and apply beeswax sparingly to protect the original mahogany finish.
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