Pill cutter

Made:
1701-1800
Pill cutter

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Pill cutter
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Pill cutter, bowed wooden block into which is sunk a series of steel teeth (13 in all), simple construction, English, 18th century

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A662887
Materials:
oak, ? material and steel
type:
pill cutters
credit:
Cowley and Son