Museum

Pewter syringe

Description

An English pewter medical syringe; the barrel with two bands of turning and a raised fillet, with a brass needle. Similar syringes were found on the Mary Rose, sunk 1545.

Object number

STRST : SBT 2007-7
Date

1540-1580
Material

metal pewter brass

Measurements
Length

177 mm

Credit line

CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Part of Exhibition

Shakespeare Connected - ‘The natural gates and alleys of the body’ (Hamlet, 1.5.67): Physicality, Hygiene and Bodily Waste in Shakespeare’s World

A Shakespeare Connected exhibition in collaboration with Peter J Smith, Nottingham Trent University.

Boils, Plague Sores and Embossed Carbunkles

Health and Wellbeing in Shakespeare's Time

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Pewter syringe

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