Description

An attractively decorated porcelain Egusier irrigator. These devices were used both as douches and enemas. The mechanism works but the internal spring is  weak.  Given the large number of examples that survive it is safe to conclude that the the Egusier apparatus was widely adopted and in use over several decades. The vast majority of examples one sees are metal or porcelain, the latter with a stripe or two. The example on offer was beautifully and delicately  painted by a highly skilled artist and depicts  a variety of flowers with a winged insect hovering at the top of cylinder.