syringe

Bone syringe excavated from a well or cess pit on museum property and probably associated with the Plume of Feathers public house. Similar item illustrated in Norman Flayderman 'Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders' p. 193. He thinks it may be a cake iceing tool.

Object Details

ID: TOA0118
Collection: Lifesaving and medical equipment
Type: syringe
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1850
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 115 x 25 mm