Chest, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Chest, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1938.001.136
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Description:
- Ship's medicine chest. Rectangular wooden box with hinged lid. Exterior painted and grained in red-brown color. Front lettered in yellow, "MEDICINE CHEST." Iron handle on each side. Wooden interior compartments containing medicines in glass bottles and assorted medical supplies and equipment. Drawer in front containing medical equipment. Medical instruments attached inside lid, in leather strap labeled "LANCET", "SPATULA", and "SYRINGE". Printed paper label tacked inside lid: "MEDICINE CHESTS, / CAREFULLY PUT UP, / AND REPLENISHED BY, / JOHN BUCK, / CHELSEA, MASS. / N. B. Orders for Ship's Chests will be promptly / executed, if left at the store of / TENNEY & RICE, / SHIP CHANDLERS, / AND DEALERS IN / NAVAL AND SHIP STORES, / NO. 6 CENTRAL WHARF, / BOSTON."
- Material:
- Wood
Glass - Dimensions:
- H-11 W-18 D-15 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- Subjects:
- Medicine, Medical equipment and supplies, Naval stores
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