Glass syringe on profiled base The object; which is mainly made of copper plate and is composed of many parts; consists of a round tube placed on a profiled and perforated base; against which a round nasal narrowing tube narrowing at an angle above the foot is braced. They are connected at the top by a flat bar. In the vertical tube is the round piston made of pine; which has a twisted handle at the top and at the bottom a rope-filled notch that acts as a piston.; anonymous; Amsterdam; c. 1700 - c. 1900; brass (alloy); pine (wood); h 95 cm x w 28 cm x d 10 cm