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Medicine chest made from wood. The top chest section contains three rows of glass bottles. The back row has three large bottles, the middle row has four medium sized glass bottles and the front row has five small glass bottles. There is a drawer…

Made of wood and brass. Contains glass bottles for medicine dispensed by a pharmacist on Princes Street, Edinburgh.

A label on this medicine chest states: ' Dr John Boswell medicine chest. He was my great grandfather, W Roxburgh, 1877.' William Roxburgh (1751-1815) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist. It has been said that he lived for a time during his early…

This medicine chest was used by Dr Stuart Threipland to treat patients during the 1745 Jacobite rising, including at the Battle of Culloden, led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart. It is in a good state of preservation and holds a comprehensive range of…

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Blunt metal head on medium length wooden handle. Label in pieces but date of 13th July can be identified, no other information.

Long metal bar tapered to a blunt point on one end and is more curved and ornate on the other end. Imprint on bar reads 'Dunlop made in England'. No label.

Piece of iron bar and a piece of wooden cane. Label reads 'Police office Edinburgh 19th May 1868. The piece of iron and piece of stick referred to the case of Clementina Cameron found in the house of Benjamin Smith'. Signed Peter Malony and Charles…

Long metal bar with tapered blunt end.

Cylindrical metal bar, end is squared and sits at an angle to the main stem. Label attached but no discernable information other than date.