1263 – Dye

Physical description:

Reddish-black granules of Cochineal (in fact the dried bodies of the Cochineal insect) in jar. Label reads 'B.R.I. Cochineal' (B.R.I. is presumably Bristol Royal Infirmary).

Museum classification:

Herbs and Healing

Size:

110 x 70 diam (jar)

Information:

Cochineal is listed in the British Pharmaceutical Codex of 1911 as used to colour cough mixtures, mouthwashes etc..

From the Monica Britton Collection, Bristol.

Not all catalogued individually

16 x large and 16 small in store box 90, 105 large jars in herbs and healing, 8 in Joan's cottage, 40 small jars in herbs and healing and Joan's cottage

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Insect

Cochineal is listed in the British Pharmaceutical Codex of 1911 as used to colour cough mixtures, mouthwashes etc..

From the Monica Britton Collection, Bristol.

Not all catalogued individually

16 x large and 16 small in store box 90, 105 large jars in herbs and healing, 8 in Joan's cottage, 40 small jars in herbs and healing and Joan's cottage