Six bistoury blades

Made:
1780-1820 in London
maker:
Gillet
Six bistoury blades, loose, steel, with tortoiseshell handle

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Six bistoury blades, loose, steel, with tortoiseshell handle
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Six bistoury blades, loose, steel, with tortoiseshell handle, by Gillet of London, 1780-1820, in leather case

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A618504
Materials:
steel, tortoiseshell and case, leather
Measurements:
inc. blade: length 98 mm
inc. blade: width 16 mm
inc. blade: height 7 mm
case: length 108 mm
case: width 44 mm
case: height 15 mm
type:
bistouries
credit:
Sheldon, J.H.