Cachet filling apparatus, with case

Made:
Paris

Cachet filling apparatus, cased, by Procede Limousin, French

Details

Parts

Damper for moistening cachets

Damper for moistening cachets

Damper for moistening cachets

Materials:
cloth and pottery
Object Number:
A662287 Pt1
type:
dampers
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Three trays, moulds for twelve cachets

Three trays, moulds for twelve cachets

three trays, each containing moulds for 12 cachets, 3 different sizes

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
A662287 Pt2
type:
filling rings
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Three funnels for filling cachets, different sizes

Three funnels for filling cachets, different sizes

Three funnels for filling cachets, different sizes

Materials:
pewter
Object Number:
A662287 Pt3
type:
funnels
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Three double ended compressors for squeezing sides of cachets together

Three double ended compressors for squeezing sides of cachets together

Three double ended compressors for squeezing sides of cachets together

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
A662287 Pt4
type:
compressors
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Wooden stoppers

Wooden stoppers

Three wooden stoppers, from cachet filling apparatus

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A662287/5
type:
stopper
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Wafer cachets

Wafer cachets

Metal tin with lid with wafer cachet contents, labelled with 'Cachet Medicamenteux S Limousin Bte', made by S Limousin, France, 1873-1930

Materials:
brass and rice wafer paper
Object Number:
A662287/6
type:
cachet and tin
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Wooden oval disc with central hole and inscribed with '34 x 24'

Wooden oval disc with central hole and inscribed with '34 x 24'

Wooden oval disc with central hole and inscribed with '34 x 24', from cachet filling apparatus by Procede Limousin, France

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A662287/7
type:
equipment
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The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Case for cachet filling apparatus

Case for cachet filling apparatus

Case with lid for cachet filling appartus

Measurements:
overall: 105 mm x 305 mm x 120 mm,
Materials:
wood and brass
Object Number:
A662287/8
type:
box - container
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