Georgian Satinwood Apothecary Box

Georgian Satinwood Apothecary Box.

The Apothecary Box of square form veneered in Satinwood with fine Kingwood crossbanding and Boxwood edging finished with two bone escutcheons, one a dummy to finish exterior symmetry of the Box. The top of the box is fitted with a large brass circular carry handle allowing ease of travel and stands upon a slightly raised plinth base. The Apothecary Box opens from the top revealing the fifteen glass bottles with stoppers before opening forward and extending fully showing the two wings of the box with unusual almost gothic viewing windows for the bottle labels. The box contains 15 partitions for glass bottles, a velvet lined inner lid, six drawers which comprise of two large drawers and four smaller drawers. The drawers contain a selection of apothecary objects and a set of brass scales with weights above a hand written label in the base. The Apothecary box dates to the late 18th century Georgian period during the reign of George III circa 1790.

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