Scarce and Beautiful Early -Mid 19th Century Treen Apothecary Pill Silverer colorful pigment Another sort of thing I

Another sort of thing I just can't pass by when I come across them

9 3/4" x 7 5/8""

notched and carved so as to just extend one side

" from Idaho Falls

and really think they are quite exquisite

Scarce and Beautiful Early -Mid 19th Century Treen Apothecary Pill Silverer colorful pigment Another sort of thing IA 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