Folding gum lancet with tortoiseshell handle

Made:: 1810-1850 in Sheffield

Folding gum lancet with tortoiseshell handle, made by Cluley
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Folding gum lancet with tortoiseshell handle, made by Cluley, English, 1810-1850

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Category:: Surgery

Object Number:: 1983-1466/68

Materials:: steel and handle, tortoiseshell

Measurements:: open: length 148 mm
closed: length 88 mm
handle: width 13 mm

type:: gum lancets

credit:: University College Hospital, London

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Folding gum lancet with tortoiseshell handle

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