A rare Ruspini’s Styptic dark cobalt blue medicine bottle, circa 1860. This medicine was used for stopping bleeding during surgery. Its inventor, Bartholomew Ruspini, was an 18th century Italian born British dental surgeon.
Age: Circa 1860.
Condition: Has a chip on the lip.
Height: 7.5 cm (3 in)
Width: 5 cm (2 in)
Depth: 3 cm (1 ⅛ in)
Inner diameter of top: 1.1 cm (⅜ in)
Outer diameter of lip: 2.7 cm (1 in)
Weight: 94 g (3.3 oz)
Stock number: 3700
PRICE £150 (incs UK shipping)
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