Barber surgeons's signboard with suspended barber's basin

Made:
1750-1900 in France
maker:
Unknown

Barber surgeons's signboard with suspended barber's basin, French, 18th-19th century

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A631385
Materials:
beam, iron, basin, brass and signboard, pewter
Measurements:
overall: 470 mm x 680 mm x 210 mm, .84 kg
type:
signboards

Parts

Metal sign consisting of a red shield with the words 'Ici en raze' in gold lettering, with a metal bar to attach to a wall, advertising a barber-surgeon, France, 1701-1900

Barber-surgeon's sign

Metal sign consisting of a red shield with the words 'Ici en raze' in gold lettering, with a metal bar to attach to a wall, advertising a barber-surgeon, France, 1701-1900

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A631385/1
type:
sign
Barber-surgeon bowl, with suspenson hoop, advertising a barber-surgeon, France, 1701-1900

Barber-surgeon bowl

Barber-surgeon bowl, with suspenson hoop, advertising a barber-surgeon, France, 1701-1900

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A631385/2
type:
sign

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