Old Brass Apothecary Cork Borer vintage mail supplies Bench measures 11 3/4" w

Bench measures 11 3/4" w x 8 3/8" t x 4 3/4" d

complete with green alients and smiley stickers

Canada pottery

Match books are full

(And with the tail of the lower fox--at least I think they are foxes--extending at such an angle so as to seem at first glance like the leg of the man

Old Brass Apothecary Cork Borer vintage mail supplies Bench measures 11 3/4" wI found this in Pennsylvania earlier this summer such an excellent looking object! It is an brass cork borer, early mid 20th century, made for use by labs and apothecaries to bore holes in cork for plugging bottles and vials. There are 15 numbered borers of progressive sizers, one fitting inside the next, and pulling apart as needed. The borers are graduated every 1 16, the smallest will cut a 1 8 hole and the largest cut a 13 16 hole. 8 3 4" l x 2 3