Pocket instrument set

Made:
1770-1860
Pocket instrument set

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Pocket instrument set, in leather pouch with silver clasp, English, 1770-1860

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A134325
Materials:
case, leather and case, silver
Measurements:
case: length 124 mm
case: width 63 mm
case: thickness 25 mm
type:
surgical instrument sets

Parts

Combined finger saw and knife and raspatory

Combined finger saw and knife and raspatory

Combined finger saw and knife and raspatory, folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by Charlwood, London, 1770

Measurements:
folded: length 102 mm
folded: width 20 mm
Materials:
steel and handle, tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A134325 Pt1
type:
finger saws
Fleam, steel

Fleam, steel

Fleam, steel, folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by Charlwood, London, 1770

Measurements:
folded: length 105 mm
folded: width 19 mm
Materials:
metal and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A134325 Pt2
type:
fleams
Tenaculum, steel

Tenaculum, steel

Tenaculum, steel, folding into tortoiseshell sheath, by Weiss, London, 1787-1860

Measurements:
folded: length 80 mm
folded: width 16 mm
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Object Number:
A134325 Pt3
type:
tenaculums
Splinter forceps

Splinter forceps

Splinter forceps, steel, by Durroch, London, 1788-1869

Measurements:
length 95 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A134325 Pt4
type:
splinter forceps

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