Flat steel trocar with silver cannula and ebony handle

Made:
1810-1850 in London
maker:
Savigny and Company
Flat steel trocar with silver cannula and ebony handle

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Flat steel trocar with silver cannula and ebony handle
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Flat steel trocar with silver cannula and ebony handle, made by Savigny and Co., London, English, 1810-1850

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A622818
Materials:
steel, cannula, silver, mount, silver and handle, ebony
Measurements:
length 217 mm
handle: width 26 mm
handle: thickness 16 mm
cannula shaft: width 10 mm
cannula shaft: thickness 5 mm
type:
trocars

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