A Superb Pair of c.1870s Glass Apothecary Bottles for Spirits of Camphor & Tincture of Bitter Orange Peel sub-Curios Gall examined the heads of

Gall examined the heads of two hundred living elephants

the pair of skeletal specimens

The mahogany is in good order throughout with only minor scuffs and an outstanding patina and colour

Height: 50 inches (the whole) or 42” (the tripod)

this box is now marble paper paper lined but with the original royal blue padded silk lid and working lock with key

A Superb Pair of c.1870s Glass Apothecary Bottles for Spirits of Camphor & Tincture of Bitter Orange Peel sub-Curios Gall examined the heads ofOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Wilfred Harris M. P. S. Dispensing Chemist, Bournemouth Date: c. 1870 Base Diameter: 3. 5 inches Height: 10 inches (Each) The large clear glass bottles having the original multi faceted cut stoppers, the Latin reading CAMPH: SPT: and AURANT: TINCT: with star and cross motifs, both hand painted in black over fiery burnished gold banners with frosted necks and surviving from the third