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Now to this fine item:
Made by A. Kendrick & Son, Birmingham, most likely mid-to late 19th century.
This is a CORK PRESS used by chemists.
The chemist would make up your prescription or mixture, put it in either a large or a small bottle, as appropriate, then press the end of the appropriate-sized cork in the press before jamming it in the top of the bottle.
Quite a feature and talking-point in any chemist shop today!
(And, if in a shop, a tax deduction too!).
Underside stamped A. Kendrick & Sons; No. 67
BACKGROUND:
Archibald Kenrick & Sons, Ltd., Spons Lane, West Bromwich (which is between Birmingham and The Black Country). Established in 1791, it was a family firm in which six Kenricks were named amongst the management in the 1908 Ryland Directory. A quality iron foundry, they also cast some brass items designed by Christopher Dresser.
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