Lady's companion with components
- Made:
- 1601-1650
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Lady's companion, consisting of set of gilded metal instruments in violet velvet case, incomplete(?), Hamonic Collection, French(?), 1601-1650
Details
- Category:
- Pharmacy-ware
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A121556
- Materials:
- case, cardboard, case, velvet and case, brass, wire
- Measurements:
-
case: length 119 mm
case: width 40 mm
case: thickness 32 mm
- type:
- lady's companions
- credit:
- Hamonic Collection
Parts
Two dental instruments
Two dental instruments, scaler and toothpick, with gilded handles, steel
- Measurements:
-
max: length 91 mm
- Materials:
- steel
- Object Number:
- A121556 Pt3
- type:
- dental instruments
Dental instrument or lancet, gilded handle
Dental instrument(?) or lancet(?), with gilded handle, steel
- Measurements:
-
length 99 mm
blade: length 17 mm
blade: width 6 mm
- Materials:
- steel
- Object Number:
- A121556 Pt4
- type:
- dental instruments
Case for lady's companion set
Lady's companionviolet velvet case (without contents see other parts), Hamonic Collection, French(?), 1601-1650
- Measurements:
-
case: length 119 mm
case: width 40 mm
case: thickness 32 mm
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) , cardboard and velvet
- Object Number:
- A121556 Pt6
- type:
- case
