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Medicine Chest

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-33064

Description

A wooden medicine box with a hinged lid and a turnkey lock. Interior is compartmentalized into sixty sections occupied by medical vials. Each vial is individually labeled and corked.

Details

Descriptive Terms

medicine chests
wood (plant material)
metal
paper (fiber product)
glass (material)
corks (stoppers)
Box, Household
Chest, Medicine
Chest, Medicine

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1930.1

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