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Medicine chest
Medicine chest belonging to Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). Wooden box lined with red velvet. Hinged lid, lock and key. Flush military style handle on lid. Scales and four dram weights. Contains five large glass stoppered bottles, two small, two very small, two small jars with silver lids.
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Object details
| ID: | TOA0128 |
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| Collection: | Lifesaving and medical equipment |
| Type: | Medicine chest |
| Materials: | Wood; Organic: velvet [lining] Synthetic: glass [bottles] |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Credit: | On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from the Hopton Hall Derbyshire Collection. Kindly lent by the Gell Muniment Trustees |
| Measurements: | Overall: 140 x 275 x 150 mm |
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Medicine chest
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