Lot Essay
The 'Samuel Plimsoll' (Aberdeen White Star Line) was built in 1873 and from 1880 to the early 1900s did the London to Sydney run. In 1904 she was dismasted off New Zealand and later converted to a hulk
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THE MEDICINE CHEST FROM THE SHIP 'SAMUEL PLIMSOLL'
In the form of a teak trunk with rising top opening to reveal graduated fitted compartments for sixty bottles, above a drawer, having brass carrying handle to either side and a brass plate engraved 'Samuel Plimsoll 1899 Sparks Treharne and Sons 86 Leadenhall St E.C.' having a combination of original and replaced bottles including powdered aluminium, borax, magnesia, bicarbonate of potash and others; bottom drawer with a collection of various pharmaceutical items including two bottles of women's tonic, bandage boxes, a tin of Peter's Pile Cure, prescription books and other items
66 cm. (26 in.) wide; 40 cm. (15 3/4 in.) high; 45 cm. (17 1/2 in.) deep
In the form of a teak trunk with rising top opening to reveal graduated fitted compartments for sixty bottles, above a drawer, having brass carrying handle to either side and a brass plate engraved 'Samuel Plimsoll 1899 Sparks Treharne and Sons 86 Leadenhall St E.C.' having a combination of original and replaced bottles including powdered aluminium, borax, magnesia, bicarbonate of potash and others; bottom drawer with a collection of various pharmaceutical items including two bottles of women's tonic, bandage boxes, a tin of Peter's Pile Cure, prescription books and other items
66 cm. (26 in.) wide; 40 cm. (15 3/4 in.) high; 45 cm. (17 1/2 in.) deep
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