Furniture & Works of Art - 8th July 2014
Lot 410
An early 19th century mahogany apothecary's box
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £950
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Description
An early 19th century mahogany apothecary's box, with a sunken brass handle, above a pair of twin hinged doors containing bottles and stoppers to a plush lined fold down surface revealing further bottles and four drawers, one with a glass mortar and pestle the other with a marble slab and metal boxes, two empty but titled 'Manna' and 'Senna', the bottles labelled some for 'John Bell & Company, 338 Oxford Street, opposite Great Portland Street', 27.8cm high, 28.8cm wide, 19.7cm deep.
Provenance: The Dr. Lawrie Webster Collection of Boxes.