Scalpel, steel, folding

Made:
1801-1900 in France
Scalpel, steel, folding, in tortoiseshell sheath, by Favre

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Scalpel, steel, folding, in tortoiseshell sheath, by Favre
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Scalpel, steel, folding, in tortoiseshell sheath, by Favre, probably French, 19th century

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A618447
Materials:
steel and tortoiseshell
Measurements:
open: length 157 mm
closed: length 97 mm
width 12 mm
height 5 mm
type:
scalpels

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