Topic: when do star cut bases date from?

[Ivo]

Around 150 but curently boxed up.

[Paul S.]

thanks Kevin

[ju1i3]

Hmm, interesting. I've been to every medical museum in London and have Guy Gaboriau's Outils de la santé et médecine d'autrefois and looked at Elisabeth Bennion's book in the library and I don't recall seeing any cupping jars like this one. If you ever get yours out would be interested to see photos. Do you have any boxed sets?
thanks

[Ivo]

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[ipdglasspolishing]

Definitely a leech pot.  :thup:

[ju1i3]

Thank you Ian

Ivo, those cupping glasses are completely different.

[Ivo]

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[Ivo]

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Not a leech pot among them. These are all French - and the set of 44 did include the alcohol burner. Some date to the 1850s, some are as late as the 1920s. Sizes range from 4 to 9 cm - the latter were used for bloodletting rather than cupping. There is a wide range of mouths- most are folded outward (the simpelest way) or folded outward and angled. Some are also folded inward. The ones from the early 20th ct. tend to be mechanically made - like yoghurt pots. In another collection I have at least one star cut base, and several with a knop.

[ipdglasspolishing]

You have a great collection of cupping cups Ivo, however the original item for this thread differs from them and was primarily for the transportation of leeches from the apothecary to the patient and therefore it is more commonly known as a leech jar/pot.  :thup:

[Ivo]

at 6 cm i beg to differ.