1890s Soda Fountain Soft Drink Syrup Dispenser

This is a syrup dispenser from the 1890s to early 1900s. It was a dispenser for syrups used for making soft drinks at a drugstore soda fountain. The druggist would have dispensed the syrup into a glass and added the carbonated water to complete the soft drink. The syrups were supplied by their manufacturers and were made of mostly sugar (roughly 85%), and flavoring.

This dispenser has a metal (?) base and faceted glass globes for holding the syrups and would have been refilled by lifting the cover from the top and pouring the syrup in. The valves are made of ____? The manufacturer is unknown.

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