Antique glass pharmaceutical tube with original cork stoppers, containing old medicinal tablets. Printed paper label in English reading "Compressed Tablets - Aromatic Chalk & Opium - Poison." A pharmaceutical preparation combining aromatic chalk and opium, historically used for digestive disorders. A typical presentation from Anglo-Saxon pharmacies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, before modern regulations on opiate-containing preparations.
✦ Period: Late 19th / Early 20th Century (circa 1890-1920) ✦ Origin: England / United States ✦ Dimensions: approx. 8 × 1.5 cm ✦ Material: Glass, paper, cork ✦ Condition: Good overall condition with signs of use and age. Complete label with browning and small marks of time. Tube sealed with its antique cork stoppers.
Antique opium tablet tube, interesting for collections of ancient pharmacy, apothecary, curiosity cabinet or medical history.
