Rare Antique Mahogany Apothecary Medicine Box

Description

Leath & Ross medicine box dates to around 1860. Around this time Leath & Ross had offices set up at their London addresses which are inscribed in the leather bound lid of the chest. It is extremely rare to find this type of medicine box with the contents still intact ... this chest however still has most of the small vials used to hold special ingredients, each labeled around the neck of the bottle as well as on the cork. This chest has a lower drawer on each side. One holds the key to the chest and the other still has larger bottles used to carry poisons. The lid of the chest also has a pouch where notes were kept and in this chest there is a paper noting a cure for smallpox and scarlet fever. There also is the stir sticks used when making a medicine. This item is something a museum would love to have.