A: Red rubber hot water bottle, 57.5-inch long red rubber tube, black plastic threaded screw-in top and 2 black plastic 'syringes.' Also a 2-year guarantee slip (7.75 ins. wide x 3.625 ins. long). Ecru paper with green border; on reverse are 5-step directions for use.
B: Lid to box has photo of "Armstrong's 2-Quart Capacity / Topper Combination Syringe / Distributed by Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, PA." On both lengthwise sides is the circular company logo with "Made In United States of America." Box lid is colored blue-green and black. Written on top, in red: "XBEF 4.70"
Medicine bottle. Label reads "No. 13 17 [or 19] / prescribed by Dr. [illegible] Filbert / Offices--Front St. between Locust and Walnut Sts. / Directions / Take a teaspoon full 3 times a day / from Sam'l Filbert's Golden Mortar Drug Store/ Front Street Columbia PA" Bottle has dark reddish-brown liquid dried inside.
Mahogany medicine chest, upright form with two front doors opening up to reveal compartments holding medicine-filled mold-blown square bottles with paper labels and glass stoppers. Right door fitted with locking key. Interior of chest proper has additional medicine compartments and two lower drawers with ivory pulls, containing tools: a suspension balance with copper pans, a bone spoon and two tweezers, one ornate and commercially made. Finally there is a blown glass mortar and pestle.
Most compartments contain bottles of medicines and poison. A large brass bail-type handle at chest top for carrying.
Upper panel on reverse slids sideways to reveal more large bottles with medicine. Inscription on paper pasted to inside is handwritten: "This Medicine Chest / ----aid to grandfather / ------tah, and has been / ----e in his family / 1810." Additional handwritten note pasted to side of front left door reads: " Property of John F. Heinitsh since 1810." Paper labels are printed with the name Charles A. Heinitsh of 16 E. King St. and sometimes 13 E. King St. (16 E. King was a later location). A long thin rod behind the inner top left hinge slides through upper right side to engage a hole in sliding panel, thus securing closure.
Provenance
John Frederick Heinitsh (1792-1858) is the father of Charles A. Heinitsh (1822-1898), both druggists. John apprenticed with his older brother Augustus, eventually partnering with him until 1818 when he bought the business and moved to 33-34 E. King St. In 1841 he moved to 13 E. King and partnered with his son Charles as John F. Heinitsh & Son. In 1849, Charles purchased the store and led a long and distinguished career as druggist. Business moved to 16 E. King St. between 1869 & 1871.
Photo # 1-01-01-87 is a carte de visite of Charles Augustus Heinitsh.
A- Large, dark wood mortar, deep (about 7 inches), with decorative, incised, narrow encircling lines on the outside. Appears to be one solid piece. 3 holes in the base open on the bottom. 2.5-inch high base tapers to form base of the cup of the mortar.
B- Pestle matching mortar. 6 inches from the base, the pestle tapers and the top handle begins, a narrower length for grasping expands to the end in a teat-drop shaped top.
