Name/Title
Bag, MedicineEntry/Object ID
GHS 1662Description
ES: Black leather covered wood frames with wide bottom strap joining them. Each bag has holes for glass viles with corks and chemicals. Used as a neck saddlebag. Flat top covers with iron buckle closure. Brass (?ES) tacks hold leather in place.
LSK: Dark brown/black leather saddlebag. Thick leather strap is wide at either end and narrows at the center, this strap connects on each side to a pouch. Each pouch has a wooden interior support with several circular slots to hold glass medicine vials. Most viles remain, some have medicine residue in interior. Vials are cylindrical with cork stoppers.Dimensions
Height
11 inWidth
7 inDepth
12-1/2 inMaterial
Leather, Wood, Glass, CorkProvenance
Notes
GHS Catalogue: Circut doctor's saddlebags contains drug bottles etc. Used by Dr. Williams 1850-1860. Donated by the estate of Marjorie L. WIlson through George Helwig, 123 E. Mt. Pleasant Ave.