2002.91.43.4

Collection type

Object

Description

Glass 'Tabloid' brand medicine bottle containing tablets of 'Warburg Tincture'. [JP 27/11/2003]

Long description

One of the contents of the 'Tabloid' medicine box (2002.91.43 .1) used by the donor Dr. H.B. Jones whilst a missionary in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.The bottle has a printed label on the front detailing the content of the tablets, directions for use, and also the name and address of the makers [Burroughs Wellcome and Co. Snow Hill Buildings, London, E.C.]. The bottle has a glass stopper but this is concealed with a paper covering tied around the neck of the bottle with string. A small printed label on the neck reads 'Warburg Tincture'. On the top of the stopper is a printed label reading 'Trade Mark 'Tabloid' Brand. Warburg Tincture. min, 30'. The bottle has been wrapped in white paper leaving the stopper end open. [JP 27/11/2003]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England London

Person

Maker Burroughs Wellcome & Co.

Field collector E.R. Jones

Field collector Mrs E.R. Jones

Field collector Evan Rhys Jones

Field collector Elizabeth Jones

PRM source H.B. Jones

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1915

Date collected

1910 - 1915

Acquisition information

Donated: 2002

Materials and processes

Material Paper Plant, Material Glass, Material String, Process Printed

Dimensions

Length x Width x Height 80 x 45 x 32 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2002.91.43.4

Research and responses

Full name of Dr E.R. Jones possibly Evan Rhys Jones, see records at Regent's Park College Angus Library and Archive which suggest he worked in Africa between 1910 and 1920 with his wife Elizabeth. They were Baptist missionaries and medical staff [AP 21/7/2016]

Search terms: Medicine, Vessel, Bottle