ANTIQUE APOTHECARY CAST IRON CROCODILE PRESS CORK PHARMACY MEDICINE XIX CENTURY

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HELLO AND WELCOME!!!
TODAY WE OFFER THIS BIG AND IMPOSING ANTIQUE APOTHECARY PHARMACY CROCODILE CORK PRESS.
THIS CAST IRON WORK OF ART, WITH A WONDERFUL HISTORY CAN BE DATED IN THE LATE 19th OR EARLY 20th CENTURY.
THIS STUNNING INDIVIDUAL PIECE WOULD MAKE A DRAMATIC ACCENT TO ANY ART DECO, RETRO OR MID CENTURY MODERN INTERIOR, GREAT FOR DISPLAY IN PHARMACIST STORE, WOODEN COUNTER, DESK, SHELF.....
UNTIL THE 1930-40’s CORKS WERE USED TO SEAL BOTTLES OF MEDICAL PREPARATIONS SO THEY COULD TAKEN HOME BY THE CUSTOMER. CORK NEEDED TO BE PRESSED AND MOULDED IN ORDER TO FIT THE BOTTLE NECK.
THIS CROCODILE SHAPED ( SIMBOL FOR THE PHARMACY DURING PREVIOUS CENTURIES ) CORK PRESS HAS FOUR DIFFERENT SIZED HOLES FOR PRESSING CORKS AND IT WORKED BY LIFTING THE TAIL UP AND DOWN.
EACH CROCODILE FOOT HAS A HOLE TO SCREW IT ON THE WOODEN COUNTER.
VERY GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION, WITH SOME NORMAL EXPECTED WEAR, SOME OXIDATION AND PATINA......
PLEASE USE THE PHOTOS TO DETERMINE THE CONDITION FOR YOURSELF.
AUTHENTIC CONDITION NOT POLISHED, REPAIRED, PAINTED......
MEASURES APPROX:
LENGHT: 28cm ( 11” ).
WEIGHT: 2300grams.
MADE OF CAST IRON, QUITE HEAVY AND MASSIVE.
A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION.
GREAT GIFT FOR A ANTIQUE MEDICINE, PHARMACY, APOTHECARY... FANS.
I INVITE YOU TO VISIT MY OTHER AUCTIONS TO VIEW ADDITIONAL ANTIQUE, VINTAGE...
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DEAR BUYERS,
BECAUSE OF THE RECENT BAD EXPERIENCE, WE WANT YOU TO LOOK AT PICTURES AND READ THE DESCRIPTION WELL.
PLEASE ASK EVERYTHING YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, ABOUT ITEM, WHICH WE MAY NOT HAVE DESCRIBED BEST, OR WE DID NOT TAKE THE BEST SHOT.
WE WANT TO SEND YOU EXTRA (10-20...) PHOTOS ON EBAY’S EMAIL AND AVOID POSSIBILITY OF MISUNDERSTANDING IN THE SENSE THAT SOMETHING IS NOT SHOWN CORRECT.
OF COURSE, ALL THIS BEFORE BIDDING.
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