A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY TRAVELLING APOTHECARY'S BOX AND OTHER S...

Hammer

£160

A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY TRAVELLING APOTHECARY'S BOX AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS, comprising the Victorian mahogany two door apothecary's box with flush fitting gilt brass handle to the top, hinged double doors opening to reveal velvet lined compartments to house bottles and jars (currently fitted with six glass jars, s.d.) with a velvet lined deep drawer with a bone knob handle, height 23.5cm x width 20.3cm x depth 15cm, a Victorian walnut cased R Griffin & Co. of Glasgow hydrometer set, consisting of a test tube with brass base, four mercury hydrometers and a mercury thermometer with brass cap, bears original paper labels inside the case, width of case 49.5cm, an early 20th century mahogany cased brass rolling ruler by Stanley (Great Turnstile, Holborn, London), overall length of ruler 61.5cm and five wooden rests / stands/ moulds?, the largest one is stamped 'G21' into an end and '20 TON HOPPER WAGON' to the underside (8) (Condition report: the apothecary's box has a broken hinge and the case is in need of restoration, some damage to the glass jars, the hygrometer case is in need of restoration with a section of veneer missing, one broken clasp, the case for the level is very dusty and has a repaired section to the hinged lid, the five wooden mystery objects are all in worn condition)