Medicine chest

Medicine chest belonging to Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). Wooden box lined with red velvet. Hinged lid, lock and key. Flush military style handle on lid. Scales and four dram weights. Contains five large glass stoppered bottles, two small, two very small, two small jars with silver lids.

Object Details

ID: TOA0128
Collection: Lifesaving and medical equipment
Type: Medicine chest
Display location: Not on display
Credit: On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from the Hopton Hall Derbyshire Collection. Kindly lent by the Gell Muniment Trustees
Measurements: Overall: 140 x 275 x 150 mm
Parts: Medicine chest