Medicine, Pharmacy - Minuscule Measuring Potion In Pewter - Alsace (?), Mid-19th C.

Shipping via Mondial Relay or La Poste is offered to Metropolitan France

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Minuscule pewter POTION MEASUREMENT with truncated cone shape with pouring spout and thumb rest handle. It is internally graduated to 10, 20 and 30 milliliters.
Height: 5.3 cm.
FRANCE (ALSACE?), Mid-19th century

In good condition, a small local deformation of the base is reported and visible on the photographs.
This is the smallest gauge of this type of object for medical and pharmaceutical use ever encountered.
Bibliography:
"Les étains médicaux et pharmaceutiques" by Abbé Paul Bidault and Jean Lepart
"Histoire illustrée des étains médicaux" by Dr Claude Renner

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GUARANTEE

Former professor at IDETH (Institut d'Etudes Techniques et Historiques de l'Objet d'Art)
Former professor at EAC (Ecole d'Art et de Communication)
Former member of UFE (Union française des experts)

Jean-Claude COMMENCHAL guarantees the authenticity of the object described above A detailed descriptive invoice including a photograph will be given to the purchaser on request.

PAYMENT

- By French cheque made out to COMMENCHAL Jean-Claude
- By bank transfer made out to COMMENCHAL Jean-Claude
IBAN : FR76 3002 7160 2700 0206 4620 173
BIC : CMCIFRPP

EXPEDITION

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