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Antique Apothecary/medicine Chest

19th century
Sold 13 August 2020 · Opus Antiques
This “Antique Apothecary/medicine Chest” found a buyer.

It was listed by Opus Antiques. Sold pieces stay on Sellingantiques as a record of what has passed through, and the next one is rarely far away.

Description

Here is a really interesting 19th century mahogany apothecary chest full of items required by a doctor. It has the owners label to the bottom drawer 'Slater Chemist, Romsey'.

Once you unlock the double fronted door, with its original key you see in the centre section a row of four original medium sized glass bottles housed in sections on the top row. Moving down you have three banks of drawers with the original brass handles, full of items required by a doctor from ear cleaning devices, scales, a box with aspirins on, a tin of vaseline, pot lids, six small bottles some unopened with labels, sulphate of zinc, calomel, scammony powder and so on, a further larger glass bottle, a glass pestle and mortar.

To the two doors are slots for 18 bottles, there are sixteen bottles most are the original ones, all the same shape and size, there is a measuring beaker and one vacant slot.

To the back of the cabinet is a sliding section which has four sections for poison bottles, one of these remains and is bigger than the other bottles.

A real piece of history.

Date of Manufacture

Opus Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

Physical Dimensions
Height
30cm (11.81")
Width
25cm (9.84")
Depth
20cm (7.87")
Reference Numbers
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SA718656
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Here is a really interesting 19th century mahogany apothecary chest full of items required by a doctor. It has the owners label to the bottom drawer 'Slater Chemist, Romsey'.
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Once you unlock the double fronted door, with its original key you see in the centre section a row of four original medium sized glass bottles housed in sections on the top row.
Opus Antiques

Moving down you have three banks of drawers with the original brass handles, full of items required by a doctor from ear cleaning devices, scales, a box with aspirins on, a tin of vaseline, pot lids, six small bottles some unopened with labels, sulphate of zinc, calomel, scammony powder and so on, a further larger glass bottle, a glass pestle and mortar.

fig 1. Antique Apothecary/Medicine Chest
fig 1. Antique Apothecary/medicine Chest

To the two doors are slots for 18 bottles, there are sixteen bottles most are the original ones, all the same shape and size, there is a measuring beaker and one vacant slot.

To the back of the cabinet is a sliding section which has four sections for poison bottles, one of these remains and is bigger than the other bottles.

A real piece of history.

Date of Manufacture

Opus Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

Height
30cm (11.81")
Width
25cm (9.84")
Depth
20cm (7.87")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA718656
Opus Antiques
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  • Period19th century
  • SizeH 30 cm (12 in) x W 25 cm (10 in) x D 20 cm (8 in)
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