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THB19th C. USA Crampton's Home Tablets Set w/ Box
Lot 170
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Jul 11, 2019
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2019-07-11 10:00:00
2019-07-11 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : Ancient / Ethnographic / Americana
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Discover ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Fossils and Fine Art. Also featuring a wonderful collection from a prominent New York estate whose owners reside in the Van Wyck family's historic Lloyd Harbor waterfront home. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Discover ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Fossils and Fine Art. Also featuring a wonderful collection from a prominent New York estate whose owners reside in the Van Wyck family's historic Lloyd Harbor waterfront home. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
North America, USA, made by the Home Tablet Company, 259 West 34th Street, New York, ca. 1890s CE. A collection of twelve medicines in small glass vials, collected in a fabric-lined wooden case with brass locking clasp. The name of the company is visible in gilded letters on the fabric on the interior of the lid. Each medicine has an individual label - as the ad in the link below states, "Note that we have a special remedy for each ailment, not a 'cure-all'." A fun piece of medical history and Americana! Size of box: 1" L x 7.75" W x 3.4" H (2.5 cm x 19.7 cm x 8.6 cm)
See an ad for this kit in the Locomotive Engineers Monthly Journal Vol. 28 and Issues 7-11, published in 1894: https://books.google.com/books?id=WUY1AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA686-IA1&lpg=PA686-IA1&dq=crampton%27s+home+tablets&source=bl&ots=ACuGRUXg6-&sig=ACfU3U2Bf6mSoGXElwcfXAxgvFi48wiQ2g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiB4JC_zvHiAhVKEawKHTxEBmQQ6AEwCXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=crampton's%20home%20tablets&f=false and individual box of pills at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_717072
Provenance: private Long Island, New York, USA collection
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#147421Water damage to cloth on box interior and to the labels on the pill bottles. Three of the medicine vials are empty. Rich patina on wood surface of the case. It is absolutely NOT ADVISED to take any of the remaining medicines, no matter how colorful they are!Condition
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