Object number
86/220
Collection
Description
A light blue glass bottle with graduated marks down each side, once containing a medical preparation for animals. It is labelled 'Gresswell's Colic Drench' and the label contains detailed directions for use, alongside a picture of a horse lying on its back. The preparation was prepared by Gresswell & Lockwood, a veterinary practice in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The bottle is part of the collection of John Lester Gilbert, a botanist and local historian from Wansford in Cambridgeshire.
Physical description
1 medicine bottle: light blue glass; fair condition- label tornInscription on label [which is torn and thus partly illegible] reads; '_ _ _ell's Colic Drench; Gripes or Pains in Horses, Cattle & C _ _ _; Directions for use...prepared only by _ _ _ell & Lockwood, Veterinary Surgeons, Peterboro'.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Recorder: JMB // Date: 13.10.86 // Description: Light blue glass bottle, rectangular cross section, no stopper. It has graduated marks down each side. Extensive directions for use on the label. // (1) on bottle: LOCKWOOD, VETERINARY SURGEON, PETERBORO // (2) Inscription on label: ……ell’s Colic Drench // Gripes or Pains in Horses Cattle & C // DIRECTIONS FOR USE. // Prepared only by ……ELL & LOCKWOOD // VETERINARY SURGEONS // PETERBORO’ // Dimensions: Height: 17.0 cm Width: 6.0 cm Depth: 4.0 cm // Associated information: There is a picture of a horse lying on its back on the label! // Part of the collection of Mr J. L. Gilbert // Ref. Kelly’s Directory of Northamptonshire 1906 // Lockwood, George MRCUS Veterinary Surgeon (firm Gresswell & Lockwood) 2 Park Rd, Peterborough. // References: MERL Library KELLY’S DIRECTORY FOR NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1906, p.267.’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_15133.tif - High resolution image
