Lot 7143

"MANHATTAN" BATTERY QUACK DEVICE, F.G. OTTO & SONS

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"MANHATTAN" BATTERY QUACK DEVICE, F.G. OTTO & SONS

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Cased Late 19th c. Battery Powered Device, called "Manhattan", batteries marked "F.G. Otto & Sons, Jersey City" (also a maker of surgical tools and music boxes), in a wooden case stamped "Whitall Tatum & Co., Pat. Aug.18, 1885, 946", 7" high, 9 1/4" x 7 1/4".