Scarce and Beautiful Early -Mid 19th Century Treen Apothecary Pill Silverer working decoy with the only flaw a

with the only flaw a dark spot on one side toward the rear

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Scarce and Beautiful Early -Mid 19th Century Treen Apothecary Pill Silverer working decoy with the only flaw aA very happy find amid a week of searching but not finding a whole lot, this is an early mid 19th century pill silverer. I didn't know its function when I found it, but have learned that these were used by apothecaries, for the purpose of "silvering" pills: they would moisturize pills with acacia and then put them inside one of these, with silver leaf inside, gently rolling the pills around to coat them and make them ready for storage in a bottle. And