Pill rounder

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Pill rounder

Pill rounder

Name/Title

Pill rounder

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.584

Description

Flat circular wooden box with a screw lid.

Context

Pill rounders were used by chemists to make pills round after the pill was cut from the pill machine. It was placed under or in the pill rounder, and by moving it in a circular motion it became round. It was then placed in a pill silverer for coating.

Category

For the body - medical, beauty

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Dimensions

Depth

20 mm

Diameter

70 mm

Circumference

235 mm

Weight

44 g

Material

Wood

Location

* Untyped Location

CC11S4

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good