medicinal box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact45114
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.78.17
- Description
- Box, wooden, round, unopened; labelled; "Beecham's Patent Pills", has contents
- Object History
- Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Box, wooden, round, unopened; label is red, black, yellow, white; "Beecham's Patent Pills / Price 25 Cents / Sold by the Proprietors / St. Helens / Made in England / (on red area) Beechams Pills / Saint Helens"; in circle, "Beecham's St. Helens Lancashire" "Patent Pills" "Beecham's Pills" "No.4614" "The Proprietary or Patent Medicine Act..." Dose Adult 2 to 4 pills / Child - 1 Pill"
- Measurements
- 2.5 cm height x 2 cm dia
- Maker
- Thomas Beecham
- Country Made
- England
- Province Made
- Lancashire
- Site/City Made
- St. Helens