Vintage Apothecary & Medicine Cabinet Lot of 11 | Boncilla Cold Cream, Cuticura, Fuller's Earth, Ohio & W.Va. Pharmacy Bottles, Hobson's Poison Box | 1920s-1970s

Remember the medicine cabinet at Grandma's house, the one you weren't supposed to snoop in? Which of these would have been in hers? This is a curated lot of 11 vintage apothecary and medicine cabinet pieces spanning roughly the 1920s through the 1970s, full of great old graphics and small-town pharmacy history. Each piece was opened and photographed to show its fill level.

What's included:

• Boncilla Cold Cream glass jar with black screw lid and green and copper illustrated label, about 1920s (about 80% full)
• Cuticura Ointment jar in its original box with the "head-to-toe" leaflet, Purex Corporation, Batavia, Illinois, about 1960s-70s (appears barely used)
• McKesson's Fuller's Earth dusting powder in a green hobnail-textured glass jar (about 70% full)
• The Morgan Pharmacy, Martins Ferry, Ohio "Essence of Pepsin" bottle with typed prescription-style label (about 30-35% full)
• McElroy druggists castor oil bottle with green label, Wheeling (about 80-90% full)
• Purity Drug Co. saccharin tablets small amber bottle, New York and Passaic, N.J. (empty)
• Caldwell & Bloor Co. Rubbing Alcohol Compound 16 oz bottle, Mansfield, Ohio, with front label and back caution notice (empty)
• Kislav Effervescent Glove-Bath black and gold box, New York 16, N.Y. (9 packets, likely 1 missing from the original 10)
• Day-Baldwin Boric Acid Ointment 10% tube in its original box (appears barely used)
• Hobson's Rat, Gopher and Roach Paste bold red "POISON" box, Pfeiffer Chemical Co., New York and St. Louis (empty box only, the original tube has been removed and disposed of)
• Good-Bye Fly & Insect Catcher tube, a later piece included as a bonus (unused)

Contents: Everything is sold as a display piece only; contents are not for use. Because of the original contents, this lot ships by ground only.

Condition: Good vintage condition with honest age. Expect label wear, staining and losses (most noticeable on the Boncilla jar), box edge wear and creasing, the torn top flap on the Hobson's box, residue inside the rubbing alcohol bottle, and some rust and wear to metal lids. Please see all photos.

Details:

• Material: glass bottles and jars, paper labels, paperboard boxes, metal and plastic lids
• Era: about 1920s-1970s
• Quantity: 11 pieces
• Tallest piece: rubbing alcohol bottle, 8 1/4"

Perfect for an apothecary shelf, a bathroom display, or a spooky Halloween "potion" corner. Love old pantry and pharmacy pieces? See our vintage Lysol set and Crescent Mapleine bottle.

Props shown in styled photos are not included.