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A friend of mine posted this on Facebook asking if any one knew what it was. I'm such a curious person I had to put it on the site. Any one know about it?
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Posted 10 years ago
RhondaStark
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A friend of mine posted this on Facebook asking if any one knew what it was. I'm such a curious person I had to put it on the site. Any one know about it?
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MYSTERY SOLVED :-)
In french it is called "mâche-bouchon" roughly translate in "chewing-cork stopper"
It was in use in chemist's to get appropriate stoppers for the potion bottles!
http://www.piasa.auction.fr/FR/vente_livres_autographes/v15989_piasa/l2832962_mache_bouchon_officine_france_debut_xxe.html
They usually are in shape of a kind of crocodile.
http://www.ebay.fr/itm/MACHE-BOUCHON-ANCIEN-DE-PHARMACIE-EN-FONTE-DE-FER-CROCODILE-/121318780770