Chemist box: antique Homoeopathy set in burr walnut one-drawer box fitted with 30 glass bottles; plus book 'The Stepping-Stone to Homoeopathy and Health, Dr.Ruddock' c1872.
- Burr - Burr (or in the USA, burl) is the timber from the knotted roots or deformed branch of the tree, which when cut, displays the small circular knots in various gradations of colour. It is always cut into a decorative veneer, most commonly seen as burr walnut on 19th century furniture.
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