Catalogue information

LastDodo number
7482697
Area
Cans / tins / jars
Title
Boîte à Meggezones pour la toux
Collection / Set
Number in collection
Country
Grande Bretagne
Year
1930
Content
Dimensions
94 x 60 x 20 mm
Details

Box of Meggezones - pharmaceutical cough pills. . For collectors of drugstore and medicine cans, this is a treasure on display at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum, London. www.rpharms.com/museum . A son of Spaniards born in Algeria, Pierre Fajardo came to Montevideo, Uruguay, married to a Belgian lady Regine Chudy. They lived in my maternal grandparents' house during the first years of their migration. Around 1934-1935, he was head chef (he published the book: “The art of serving the table” 1930 edition) of the restaurant of the former Carrasco hotel (now Sofitel Montevideo Carrasco Hotel & Spa), and attenuated the consequences of his pneumonia by consuming these pharmaceutical pills made in London for the treatment of coughs and colds. During the 1930s, this tin container was made and kept by my mother (99 years old) in very good condition for those 82 years. . The seal of the mark is a Saint Jorge (of Capadocia) who slays a dragon. Made in London by Meggeson & Co. Ltd. This manufacturer has produced different versions of their packaging, which makes them one of the many and valuable in the collection.

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