Attitudes to Health
Investigate the work of the Royal College of Pharmacy, celebrating key developments that have raised professional standards and improved patient safety..
James Atkinson’s Bears Grease c1879-1923
Circular white ceramic pot lid for James Atkinson’s Bears Grease. James Atkinson’s Bears Grease was a pomade for the hair containing ‘bear’s ...
La-Mar Reducing Soap c1926-1937
Three individually wrapped La-Mar Reducing Soap bars in a cardboard box. Both the box and the wrappers are in poor condition, due to a reaction ...
Membership Certificate Issued to William Allen, 1841
Framed membership certificate of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Issued to William Allen of Plough Court, Lombard Street, London. This is the first Certificate ...
Morgan’s Pomade c1980-1995
Glass jar of Morgan’s Pomade with metal screw top lid and paper label. Morgan’s Pomade was promoted to be used for ‘for darkening ...
My Drops and my Pills __ Will cure all your Ills, 1790-1795
Black and white etching entitled ‘My Drops and my Pills __ Will cure all your Ills.’, artist and engraver unknown, printed for and published by Bowles & ...
Orlex Compound Grey Hair Restorer c1920-1950
Cardboard packaging containing Orlex Compound Grey Hair Restorer. The compound would be added to water at home and applied to the scalp to darken hair ...
Perfume Pot c1950-1990
Small wooden perfume pot with screw top lid and hand-painted decoration, containing an empty bottle of perfume. It is likely that the bottle contained Bulgarian ...
Pompadour Beauty Spots c1918-1939
Small cardboard box with pull out compartment, now empty but originally containing Pompadour Beauty Spots. Manufactured by S Maw, Son and Sons Limited, London. The ...
Pot of Cold Cream c1903
Circular white ceramic cold cream pot including both lid and base, with black transfer design on the lid. The lid is inscribed with ‘Cold Cream’, ...
R.B.EDE &Co Shaving Cream 1860
Circular white ceramic shaving cream pot, including both lid and base, with black transfer design on the lid. Now empty, originally containing Ede’s Shaving ...