Glass 'Soloid' brand medicine bottle containing tablets of 'Calomel', wrapped in paper, then card, and the paper again. [JP 27/11/2003]

Collection type: Object
Description: Glass 'Soloid' brand medicine bottle containing tablets of 'Calomel', wrapped in paper, then card, and the paper again. [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 CongoPlease note that this bottle is wrapped in white paper. The bottle has a red and white printed label on the front detailing the content of the tablets and also the name and address of the makers [Burroughs Wellcome and Co. Snow Hill Buildings, London, E.C.]. The bottle has a cork stopper but this is concealed with a paper covering tied around the neck of the bottle with string. On the top of the stopper is a printed label reading 'Trade Mark 'Soloid' Brand. Calomel gr. 1'. The bottle is in its original wrapping leaving nothing visible. [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, Material Cork Plant, Process Printed
Dimensions: Length x Width 81 x 19 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2002.91.43.19
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