Wooden storage container for travelling pharmacy bottle (a) is a long, hollow wooden tube that has one open end and one flat closed end; the open end has a slightly smaller diameter to allow the lid to fit and close over the open end; the interior walls of the container are smooth with traces of a …
Wooden storage container for travelling pharmacy bottle (a) is a long, hollow wooden tube that has one open end and one flat closed end; the open end has a slightly smaller diameter to allow the lid to fit and close over the open end; the interior walls of the container are smooth with traces of a cotton lining that originally lined the inside; the container lid (b) is a shorter hollow wooden tube that also has one open and one flat closed end; having one continuous diameter, the lid's open end slides over the tapered open end of the container to allow the container to be closed
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - base - Size: Length 9.6 cm x Diam. 3.8 cm
b - lid - Size: Length 7.2 cm x Diam. 3.8 cm
Provenance
Used by either Dr. C. H. Bird or Dr. Godfrey Bird, of Gananoque, Ont.
Dates
1900
1920
circa 1900-1920
Material
wood: light brown
Inscriptions
The bottom of the container (a) is stamped in ink, "12043 CAT.NO. 1.9 [illegible] 167 OTHER. [illegible] APPR [illegible] 3M"