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Category: Pre 19th Century Instruments
Estimated Date: 1750
Name: Searce
Manufacturer: unknown

Description: 4” diameter wooden bowl 1.25” deep, has a 1” hole with a wire mesh and a 2.25“x1” base that screws onto it resembling a pill roller. This was a sieve for filtering powdered medications.

Reference 1: 101

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Drug Jar
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Drug Jar, Arborello
Searce