Title
medicine chest
DateCirca 1870
Mediumleather, silk, glass, cork
Dimensions7 1/2 × 4 in. (19.1 × 10.2 cm)
Object number1938.47
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA leather folding wallet (medicine chest) that has red silk lining and holds 80 glass bottles of pills with cork stoppers. There are paper labels that identify the contents. The case belonged to Miss Beetle's (the donor) grandfather.On View
Not on view
late 19th Century-20th Century
Circa 1853
1745-1925
Circa 1790
