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Pewter clyster-pump with wooden handle, late 1800s.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Non-wreck Start Price:70.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
Pewter clyster-pump with wooden handle, late 1800s.
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Pewter clyster-pump with wooden handle, late 1800s. 410 grams, 13" long and 1-3/4" in diameter. Like a big syringe, this wide, sturdy tube with wooden plunger-handle and long, thin nozzle was generally used to give enemas, and as such is fairly often found in the remains of shipwrecks, compared to which this non-wreck specimen is in a much better state of preservation, with all parts intact and functional, just a bit encrusted and aged.