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An Unusual Mahogany Medicine Chest, English, circa 1830, image 1
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Lot 93

An Unusual Mahogany Medicine Chest,
English, circa 1830,

15 – 16 February 2022, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £892.50 inc. premium

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An Unusual Mahogany Medicine Chest, English, circa 1830,

with double doors and folding drawer opening to twenty glass bottles of various sizes, a drawer to the lid with brass set of scales, the folding drawer with discreet compartments containing glass pestle and mortar and small glass medicine bottles, the chest with brass carrying handle to the lid,
11in x 11in x 7 1/4in (28cm x 28cm x 18.5cm)

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A similar example is illustrated in the frontispiece for D. Cox's Gloucester New Medical Compendium, 1808. The unusual combination of a folding frontal panel and sliding drawers maximises available space for glass bottles.

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