24th Nov, 2022 11:00

Fine Scientific & Medical Instruments and Books

 
  Lot 41
 

Apothecary's Pill Silverers and Gold Powder

19th century, an English boxwood pill silverer, 9cm high; a Dutch pressed horn pill silverer, with 18 pills still inside, 10.4cm diameter; a glass jar containing gold powder for covering piils, European, 19th century, with cork stuck fast, contents not examined, jar 6.6cm high, gross weight 75.8g, the jar itself in a red stained cedarwood container 12cm high; a decorated Czech or Slovac pill silverer, early 20th century(?),15.5cm high (4)

Sold for £400

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19th century, an English boxwood pill silverer, 9cm high; a Dutch pressed horn pill silverer, with 18 pills still inside, 10.4cm diameter; a glass jar containing gold powder for covering piils, European, 19th century, with cork stuck fast, contents not examined, jar 6.6cm high, gross weight 75.8g, the jar itself in a red stained cedarwood container 12cm high; a decorated Czech or Slovac pill silverer, early 20th century(?),15.5cm high (4)

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