Curved folding bistoury

Made:: 1783-1843 in London

Curved folding bistoury, steel, with tortoiseshell sheath
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Curved folding bistoury, steel, with tortoiseshell sheath, by Laundy, London, 1783-1843

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A632340

Materials:: steel and sheath, tortoiseshell

Measurements:: folded: length 80 mm
width 12 mm
thickness 3 mm

type:: bistouries

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Curved folding bistoury

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