AMERICAN SOUTHERN WALNUT CAMPAIGN-STYLE TRAVELLING MEDICINE CHEST.Mid 19th century. Hinge-top rectangular chest with drawer in base, opens to compartmented interior with four large and ten small square-sided glass bottles, thirteen retaining stoppers; most bottles bear lables from Atkinson & Peteet, Druggists, Madison, GA. - H: 8"; W: 8 3/4"; D: 6". Estimate $350-500
Provenance: Granite Hill plantation, Sparta (Hancock County), GA. Mrs. Andrew Jackson Lane, the great-great grandmother of the present owner, used the chest in treating plantation residents, pre-Civil War and later.
