Antique 1700s English mahogany Georgian Apothecary campaign chest

English mahogany Georgian Apothecary campaign chest

A fine example of a mahogany medical campagne chest dating from the late 1700s.

The upper section of the chest contains 4 large, 2 medium and 2 smaller glass bottles with stoppers, original velvet lining in the lid.,

These bottles would have originally contained powders and liquids, many of which today are considered to be hasiodios  and dangerous materials.with no real medical benefits at all.

Fitted in the base is a small drawer, containing all the medical accessories, including brass and steel scales with weights, cased thermometer, porcelain mixing bowl and a test tube in the original moroccan leather case.,

Two lidded tin containers are set in each end of the drawer which would have been for storing powders and pills.

The chest has all of its original brass inset handles and escutcheon and the drawer has a pinned lock mounded in the top, 

The chest is in lovely original condition, a very small piece of the ebony stringing is missing.on the front left hand side.

One of the medium size bottles has been replaced and one large bottle is chipped on the neck.

Original cloth on the base.

Circa 1790

Height 200

Depth 900

Width  250

PROVIDENCE

The brass handle set into the lid is inscribed Sir Jas. Campbell.

Lieutenant General Sir James Campbell, 1st Baronet. Born 1763, Died 1819.

He is from the Inverneill house and was a renowned British soldier , politician and colonial administrator.

He was appointed Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the Ionian Islands, Adjutant- General to the British Forces and Heritable Usher of the White Rod for Scotland.

He is buried at Westminster Abbey.