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An unusual 19th-Century mahogany double-door domestic medicine chest
An unusual 19th-Century mahogany double-door domestic medicine chest, of cupboard style with velvet lining throughout, the outer doors with galleries on the interior each housing four bottles with ground stoppers, the central section with two red velvet-lined, bone-knobbed doors galleried to house three bottles with ground stoppers, fenestrations above revealing two tin boxes, the upper recessed central section with a gallery to house a further four large bottles with ground stoppers, the drawer beneath with brass recessed military handle containing a tray with handheld apothecary balance and weights and other items, the lower section partitioned to house further bottles, a measuring glass and mortar and pestle, the case with recessed brass military handle and two decorative brass escutcheons ( one filled ) and key -- 28.8 x 24 x 18.7cm. (11¾ x 9¼ x 7 3/8in.) . Together with a copy of: Young, A.M. Antique Medicine Chests Vernier Press, Brighton (1994). (2)