Creamy tan porcelain cylindrical canister (a) with a blue lid (b) with white knob on top with rectangular paper label.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - cannister - Length 14.6 cm x Diam. 10.8 cm
b - lid - Length 6.2 cm x Diam. 11.0 cm
Provenance
Found in a cabinet in the donors' basement after they bought the house from John Briscoe of Briscoe's pharmacy which was located at 229 Princess Street in Kingston from 1954 to 1966; it is likely that Briscoe acquired the collection during his career as a pharmacists.
Printed on the label. "Manufactured // by // Stafford Allen & Sons, Ltd // LONDON, ENGLAND // Mercuric Nitrate Ointment. // Unguentum Hydrargyri Nitralis P.B."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A3-1 Row D
Condition Remarks
Label is foxed and faded; ceramic crazed, stains along crack lines mainly inside and with random blue ink staining
Reference Types
Internet
Book
Reference Comments
"Elements of Pharmacy, Materia Medica and Therapeutics," Third Edition, by William Whitla, MD, Henry Renshaw, London, Eng. 1885; Kingston City Directories; Internet: "Determining the Age of Medicine Bottles: Dating your Medicine Bottles," Digger Odell Publications, 2004
Research Facts
John Briscoe took over Bishop's Drugs Ltd in 1954; Bishop owned another store at 528 Princess Street from 1946 to 1954 and it had been a drug store under other ownership from 1923 until 1946; this is a possible origin of some of the collection.
Exhibit History
"When Medicine Met Science," Museum of Health Care, April 29, 2003 - 25 Jan 2017