Vintage Glass Ear Syringe — Original Box & Packing, Antique Medical

A charming and increasingly rare piece of domestic medical history — a vintage glass ear syringe, still in its original box with original packing. Glass ear syringes were a standard fixture of the British medicine cabinet from the Victorian era through to the mid-20th century, used for irrigating the ear canal to remove stubborn wax. Finding one intact in its original box is genuinely unusual.

Condition

• Syringe: Good condition — no cracks or chips in the glass.
• Box: Split on corners with some age-related colour loss — consistent with age. Original packing present.
• Overall: A well-preserved example of everyday Victorian and Edwardian domestic medicine.

Provenance

• Type: Glass ear syringe — a standard item of domestic medical equipment from the Victorian era through to the mid-20th century. Glass was the preferred material for medical syringes before the widespread adoption of rubber and later plastic, as it could be sterilised by boiling.
• Era: Late Victorian to mid-20th century.
• Significance: A tangible piece of everyday medical history — the kind of object that would have sat in a family medicine cabinet for generations. Increasingly sought after by collectors of medical ephemera, apothecary enthusiasts, and prop buyers.
• Appeal: The combination of intact glass syringe and original box makes this a particularly complete and displayable example.