Boxwood Gilding Ball... Medical And Pharmaceutical Art
But where does the expression:to "gild the pill"? Straight from the pharmacies of the 19thcentury when, to make it easier to take their magistral preparations,pharmacists used gilding or silvering balls to make the drugs moremore attractive.The little wax ballsshaped by hand on a board known as a ball board, were placed in thisfilled with gold or silver powder, closed the object and rolled it around.a sort of drageification was formed... All that remained was to prescriberare object, 13 cm in diameter.
135 €
Period: 19th century
Style: Other Style
Condition: Excellent condition
Material: Solid wood
Diameter: 13 cm
Reference (ID): 1742361
Availability: In stock
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