General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

case; tin

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal container [tin ?]; paper seals.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

10.3 cm

Width

3.6 cm

Height

1.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Chemicals & medications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Schimmel

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

City

Miltitz

Context

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Presumably used 1902+

Canada

Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.

Function

To contain, protect and identify contents.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"Fall/ Pollantin/ [Powder]/ Patented in Germany,/ the United States, England etc." printed on one flat face of tin; "Specific remedy for/ Fall Hay-fever Fall/ Prepared under supervision of the discoverer Prof. Dr. Dunbar/ by Schimmel & Co. Miltitz near Leipzig." printed on opposite side. Round paper label on lid is damaged: reads in part "FRITZSCHE BROTHERS/ NEW YORK". UHN catalogue no. "X940.2.2 G" printed by hand in black ink on underside of lid.

Missing

Tin is intact, but seals are incomplete.

Finish

Pale blue metal container [tin ?] bears red, black and gold tone text and motifs; red and blue paper seals.

Decoration

Heraldic emblem appears on paper label applied to lid. Gold tone scrollwork decoration present on rounded sides of box.