Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 20

1910-1919 Bakelite Expedition Burroughs Wellcome & Co London Medicine Bottles

$2,080per set
$2,600per set20% Off
£1,578.26per set
£1,972.82per set20% Off
€1,804.59per set
€2,255.74per set20% Off
CA$2,905.20per set
CA$3,631.49per set20% Off
A$3,230.18per set
A$4,037.73per set20% Off
CHF 1,686.62per set
CHF 2,108.28per set20% Off
MX$39,319.19per set
MX$49,148.99per set20% Off
NOK 21,520.58per set
NOK 26,900.72per set20% Off
SEK 20,163.75per set
SEK 25,204.69per set20% Off
DKK 13,468.02per set
DKK 16,835.03per set20% Off
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

Fourteen black Bakelite Burroughs Wellcome & Co of London medicine bottles. Medicine bottles like these where used on the British Terra Nova Antarctic Expeditions 1910-1913 and by Walter Wellman for a Transatlantic balloon flight in 1910. Address on the bottles: Snow Hill Buildings, London, E.C. The bottles are made of bakelite instead of glass, because bakelite is more likely to stay in one piece in extreme situations. On most of the bottles there is a direction how to use the compressed pills or powders. Tekst labels with directions: Tabloid: Potassium bicarbonate (empty) Crete Aromat Copio Poison (empty) Quinine Bisulphate (empty) Ipecacuanha (empty) Sodium Salicylate (empty) Sodium Bicarbonate (empty) Soloid: Zinc Sulphate Poison (empty) Tekst on the bottles with round label army medical stores woolwich: Potassium Permang Gr V (empty) Cubebs Co (medicine grit inside) Cascara Gr 2 (empty) Alum GR X (pills inside) Borax Gr V (empty) Ipecac&Squill (empty) This now would look great in a an antique medicine cabinet or in a curiosity cabinet.
  • Creator:
    Burroughs Wellcome & Co London (Manufacturer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 4.53 in (11.5 cm)Width: 1.46 in (3.7 cm)Depth: 1.46 in (3.7 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 14
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
    1900-1909
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1910
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Haarlem, NL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1040413156541

More From This Seller

View All
Set of Nine 19th C English Victorian Treen Ware Boxwood Medicine Bottle Holders
Located in Haarlem, NL
A set of nine 19th century Victorian treen turned boxwood medicine bottle holders. These containers were used for protecting delicate items such as glass apothecary bottles, perfume bottles, syringes, powder, ointment bottles, thermometers and other medical or vanity items. In two of the containers are glass bottles. Measurements: Large 18.5cm high, 8.5cm diameter, empty Large 18cm high, 8cm diameter, empty Medium 14.5cm high, 5.5cm diameter, glass bottle without stopper (wood chipped) Medium 13cm high, 6cm diameter, empty (crack in wood) Medium 12cm high, 5cm diameter, perfumed oil in glass bottle Medium 11cm high, 5cm diameter, empty Small 10cm high, 4cm diameter, talcum powder...
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass, Boxwood

19th Century Opaline 'Milk' Glass Aspasia Salve Liquor Bottles in Blue and Sage
Located in Haarlem, NL
Stunning set of 19th century Victorian figural Aspasia liquor bottles in pressed opaline milk glass. One in a vivid almost turquoise bright blue and one in a light sage/pistachio ...
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century European Victorian Glass

Materials

Opaline Glass

19th Century Legras&Cie and Vintage Glass Boot High Heel Shoe Bottle Collection
Located in Haarlem, NL
Set of three very pretty antique and vintage sexy Cinderella glass shoe bottles. A boot, a pump and a slipper. It consists of a: -handblown in a mould Victorian 19th century Legras&Cie lady’s "button lace-up ankle boot with a piece of leg on a padded cushion" soap bottle...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Bottles

Materials

Blown Glass

19th Century Belgium Set of Iron Tons, Educational Teaching Measures of Capacity
Located in Haarlem, NL
Set of antique iron measure of capacity ton for educational use. Beautifully aged, slightly rusty patina but still very robust. The white letters are hand painted on the black paint...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Belgian Jars

Materials

Iron

Eleven Antique French Pairs of Orthopedic Wooden Shoe Lasts
Located in Haarlem, NL
A little strange but very decorative set of 11 pairs of shoe lasts or wooden shoe moulds. All pairs are orthopedic remodeled to fit various abnormalities on...
Category

Early 20th Century French Models and Miniatures

Materials

Iron

set of 19th Century French Blue Green Glass Demijohns
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very decorative set 2 old blueish green blown glass bottles know as Demijohn, Lady Jeanne or Carboy. Made and used somewhere between 1880 and 1920           These old glass bottles...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century European Bottles

Materials

Blown Glass

You May Also Like

Set of 10 19th and 20th Century French Apothecary Bottles
Located in Mckinney, TX
A fascinating collection of ten antique French apothecary bottles, dating from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. Each piece tells its own story, with a beautifully aged mix of g...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Bottles

Materials

Glass

Set of 6, 19th C. French Amber Glass Apothecary Bottles J&Johnson Estate
Located in Atlanta, GA
French, 19th century. Paul Lefebure 18 rue de l'odéon in Paris. A set of 6 antique apothecary jars in amber hand blown glass. Each having an original tin lid and porcelain gilt lab...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Bottles

Materials

Tin

Early 20th Century Set of Three Antique Apothecary Glass Bottles
Located in Barcelona, ES
Early 20th century set of three antique apothecary glass bottles. By unknown manufacturer, Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a be...
Category

Early 20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Bottles

Materials

Glass

Early 20th Century French Apothecary Glass Jars, Set of 6
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
A highly decorative set of six original early 20th century French apothecary glass jars. The bottles made of opaque amber glass, hand-drawn bottles are fitted with a cut glass stopp...
Category

Early 20th Century French Industrial Bottles

Materials

Glass

19th century French Set of Three Pharmaceutical Bottles, 1850s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Set of 3 Louis Philippe period glass pharmaceutical bottles with original Latin labels. Removable octagonal stopper. Good condition, with a small...
Category

Antique 1850s French Bottles

Materials

Glass

Set of 14 19th and 20th Century French Apothecary Bottles
Located in Mckinney, TX
A striking collection of 14 antique French apothecary bottles, dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. Each glass vessel once held medicinal powders, tinctures, or remedies,...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Bottles

Materials

Glass