Lot 16
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An attractive and highly decorative mid 19th-Century English rosewood domestic medicine chest with folding double-doors,
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An attractive and highly decorative mid 19th-Century English rosewood domestic medicine chest with folding double-doors,

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An attractive and highly decorative mid 19th-Century English rosewood domestic medicine chest with folding double-doors,
with brass plaque for Macord & Hora Wholesale & Export Drugist's 58 MINORIES, LONDON, of cabinet style with brass, copper and silver-coloured stringing, inlaid and engraved brass leaves and motifs and mother-of-pearl decoration on exterior and interior, the interior with velvet-lining throughout, the folding double-doors (cracks on two inner drawers) each galleried to house twelve bottles (six medium, six small-sized) with facet-cut shoulders and stoppers and paper content labels (three bottles missing, two replacements), the central section with recessed area galleried to house ten similiar but larger bottles, the drawer beneath with engraved brass recessed handle and backplate fitted to contain six similiar small bottles, glass pill-tile atop a tray containing a handheld apothecary balance and weights and an ivory-handled spatula, and the lower area with glass mortar and pestle, measure and two jars with white-metal lids, the rear section holding two glass measures and a plaster iron, the case with key-hole and key -- 38 x 29.8 x 18.4cm. (15 x 11¾ x 7¼in.). Together with a copy of: Young, A.M. Antique Medicine Chests Vernier Press, Brighton (1994) (2)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot is subject to storage and collection charges. **For Furniture and Decorative Objects, storage charges commence 7 days from sale. Please contact department for further details.**

Lot Essay

Macord and Hora was a wholesale, retail and export druggist and medical plaister manufacturer at 58 Minories (East London) between 1952 and 1856. The same business existed in those premises before and after these dates under different names.

This chest is illustrated in Young, A.M. Antique Medicine Chests Vernier Press, Brighton (1994), page VII, Plate 10.

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