- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bottle of 'quack' medicine [.1] sealed with stopper coated with wax, in original silver paper box [.2] with instructions written in Chinese characters [.3].
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1898
- Date collected
- 1898
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1899
- Materials and processes
- Material Paper Plant, Material Glass, Material Wax, Material Oil Fat, Process Printed
- Dimensions
- Length: max 90 mm, Length: max 78 mm, Length: max 65 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1899.46.21.1 Accession number: 1899.46.21.2 Accession number: 1899.46.21.3
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