✅ SOLVED Thought It Was A Lipstick Tube, Not

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Found in a junk drawer at an estate sale. Before I took the top off of this piece I figured it was a medium sized lipstick tube. Mainly because both ends have a gold metal flake design. It's brass and measures 2 5/8" long by 7/8" in diameter. The surprise comes when you take off the cap and a multi-spiked end appears. They are steel (stick to a magnet). Kind of resembles one of those lead spiked flower frogs. No moving parts. Any ideas?


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It was used for blood letting. This type of device is what ultimately caused the death of George Washington.
 

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