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Pill box

UNKNOWN
Pill box
 (c. 1910)

Medium
cardboard, paper, ink, cotton, glass

Measurements
11.0 cm (circumference) 2.5 cm (height)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Betty Perrin, 1976

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Inscription
label, on top of lid, printed navy blue on white paper: THE FAMILY APERENT / OR / ANTIBILLIOUS / PILLS. / Dose - two or three occassionally / J. MCBURNEY / chemist / KILMORE

Accession Number
D227B-1976

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

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