Medicine chest
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Medicine chestEntry/Object ID
VC.58.423 a-oDescription
Small compartmentalized wooden carrying case containing 6 drawers, 11 fitted bottles, 4 fitted phials. Top of chest arched; steel bail handle with quatrefoil attachments; decoratively shaped steel stap hinges continue well up top of lid; decorative steel strap forward half of lid and lid edge; lid lifts to reveal compartments for bottles and phials; lid and sides of compartments lined with quilted red and gold paper in floral pattern (leaves, composites, daffodils, etc.); paper on inside edge of lid, left rear, bears partially obscured raised inscription: "IOH...MUNCK". Upon close examination seems to be: "IOHANNIS MICHAEL MUNCK" Front of chest has decorative steel lockplate at right, ditto artificial lockplate at left; quatrefoil steel plates at each corner; decorative steel plate down center, over juncture of forward halves of case. Two decorative steel strap hinges at each side of chest allow front half of case to be opened; opening reveals drawers; 1 small in each wing of case, beneath compartments containing 4 small bottles each side; 2 medium in back half of case behind compartments for phials; 2 large beneath those of medium size; drawers of pine, with walnut fronts; lined with paper having comb and wave patterns in blue, red, green and yellow; drawer pulls pewter, decorated with rosettes; bottles blown glass, square with rounded shoulders; pewter screwcaps, with incised concentric circles. Phials pewter, cylindrical, with knobbed screw caps ornamented with incised concentric circles. Bottles 3: 3 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2"; 8.57 x 3.81 x 3.81 cmx 8: 2 5/8 x 1 x 1"; 6.67 x 2.54 x 2.54 cmx Phials Hgt.: 2 1/2"; 6.35 cm Dia.: 1 1/8"; 2.69 cmMade/Created
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Dates: 1700 - 1733 Date made: ?. 1700 - 1733Inscription/Signature/Marks
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VC.58.423 A-O
VC.58.423a-o