Bistoury cache

Made:: 1501-1600 in France

This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence

Buy this image as a print

License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library

Bistoury cache, double bladed in case, 16th century
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Bistoury cache, double bladed in case, 16th century, possibly 15th, French, probably wrought iron and brass, case leather, wood, brass, and silk

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A121825

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy), wood (unidentified), leather, silk, wrought iron and incomplete

Measurements:: overall (instrument): 13 mm x 87 mm x 205 mm,
overall (case): 34 mm x 98 mm x 240 mm,

type:: bistoury caché

credit:: Hamonic Collection

Cite this page

Rights

We encourage the use and reuse of our collection data.

Data in the title, made, maker and details fields are released under Creative Commons Zero . Descriptions and all other text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence

Using our data

Download

Download catalogue entry as json

Download manifest IIIF

Our records are constantly being enhanced and improved, but please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information shown on this website.