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An early 19th-Century sick-syphon,
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An early 19th-Century sick-syphon,

细节
An early 19th-Century sick-syphon,
the scroll-shaped silver tube with hook on the underside to attach to cup, the lower end with hinged pierced cover -- 16.3cm. (6 3/8in.) long
出版
BENNION, Elisabeth. Antique Medical Instruments. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, Reprinted in 1980, 1986 p. 268
注意事项
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

Elisabeth Bennion states that Michael Clayton, the author of Collector's Dictionary of Silver and Gold, believes sick-syphons generally originate from America, which would explain the one offered's lack of hallmarks. Bennion, however, disagrees with this.