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Materia Medica Cabinet, by Evans, Lescher & Webb, London, Late 19th Century

Inventory Number 87278


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.87278

Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained.
Primary inscriptions
Printed label 'CABINET/of/MATERIA MEDICA/by/EVANS, LESCHER & WEBB,/60, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE, LONDON, E.C./EVANS, SONS & CO.,/Liverpool//H.S. EVANS & CO.,/Montreal.'.
Dimensions
Height: 375mm Width: 270mm Depth: 105mm
Inventory No
87278

Description

Mahogany box with three compartmented layers containing samples of plant and other materia medica, some dried, others in glass phials.