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ANTIQUE #SA856917

Antique Victorian Mahogany Apothecary Box Or Chest

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: Opus Antiques

This is a great Antique mahogany apothecary box with a large vacant brass initial plate, brass escutcheon and drawer handle. The lift up lid reveals the burgundy velvet lined interior with twelve glass bottles, a couple with old labels.
 
''Antimonial Wine, Savory Moore & Davidson, Chemists to the Royal Family.136 New Bond St London''.
 
& ''Fine Turkey Rhubarb, Cox''s tasteless antibillious pills . A H Cox Brighton.
 
Contents for these chests would have been purchased from many different outlets.
 
The front edge of the open Apothecary box has a small brass pin that keeps the drawer secure when the box is closed. Inside the drawer is a lift out tray containing scales , weights and a bone measuring spoon. Below the tray is a further drawer containing a glass mortar & pestle, two glass jars with the original chamois tops with the old labels on. One contains spermicide create from Savory Moore & Davidson, Chemists to the Royal Family.136 New Bond St London''. and the other is Bl...
Antique SA856917 shown on this page was made in the 19th Century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
19th Century
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Opus Antiques
Antique Treen, boxes & decorative Georgian Items
Devon
United Kingdom
Tel: 07941 285 532
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD