Box for effervescent bath tablets

3D Model

The presented metal box for effervescent bath tablets was manufactured by the Fabkryka Chemiczno-Farmaceutyczna Dr. A. Wander S.A. (Chemical-Pharmaceutical Factory Dr. A. Wander Inc.), which was located at 80 Mogilska Street in Kraków. The composition of the effervescent tablets is unspecified; however, it is known that such substances intended for bathing contained potassium carbonate, sulfur, sodium chloride, and often also the root of calamus (Acorus calamus L.), chamomile flower (Matricaria chamomilla L.) and numerous essential oils.

ID no.: KGZ 8754

Time and place of creation: interwar period (after 1918), Kraków, Poland

Museum: The Museum of Pharmacy at the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków

https://muzea.malopolska.pl/en/objects-list/1765

Digitalisation: RDW MIC, Virtual Małopolska project