Object number
86/218
Collection
Description
A large green glass bottle with a glass stopper and domed base, once containing a medical preparation used for veterinary purposes. The label reads 'J. E. Saunders // Dispensing Chemist // Narrow St, Peterborough // Book A No 81111 // The Tincture'. The base is inscribed '193 C. S. & Co. Ld'. The bottle is part of the collection of John Lester Gilbert, a botanist and local historian from Wansford in Cambridgeshire.
Physical description
1 medicine bottle: green glass; good conditionInscription on base of bottle; '193 C. S. & Co. Ld.'
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Recorder: JMB // Date: 13.10.86 // Description: Large green glass bottle, cylindrical, with glass stopper. It has a domed base. // Inscription: on base. 193 C.S. & Co Ld // on label. J. E. SAUNDERS // DISPENSING CHEMIST // NARROW ST, PETERBOROUGH // Book A No 81111 // The Tincture // Dimensions: Height: 28.0 cm Diameter base: 10.0 cm // Associated information: Used for veterinary purposes // Part of the collection of Mr J. L. Gilbert // Ref: in 1906 Kelly’s directory to James Edwin Saunders, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 50 Narrow Bridge Street, Peterborough. // References: MERL Library KELLY’S DIRECTORY FOR NOTHAMPTONSHIRE 1906 p270.’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_15152.tif - High resolution image
