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Box

ca. 1940 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Pharmacie Normale (Dr L. Bélières) (Commissioner)
Place of origin
Paris (Made)

Proprietary cardboard box made originally to contain 'Orthogénol' tablets or pills. It is the container in which IS.86 to 88-2001 had been kept since 1940.

Object details

Object type
Box
Parts
This object consists of 6 parts.

  • Box
  • Lid
  • Tissue
  • Wadding
  • Strip
  • Strip
Brief description
Proprietary cardboard box made originally to contain 'Orthogénol' tablets or pills. It is the container in which IS.86 to 88-2001 had been kept since 1940.
Credit line
Given by Mrs Jocelyne and Mr Vee Yong Shaw
Production
Handwritten inscription on base indicates contents were given to former owner on 19 August 1940, which provides a terminus post quem for the manufacture of the box.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.107:1-2001

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Record createdSeptember 14, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O62567/box-pharmacie-normale-dr/
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