Beschreibung:

including: 18th/19th Century, steel extracting or uterine dressing forceps, with proximal curve to the shank and fenestration to tips of jaws – 28.5cm. long; an unusual 18th Century/early 19th Century chisel/retractor, steel with barley twist pattern horn handle – 24.4cm. long; 19th Century, steel bone scoop with turned ebony handle -- 15.7cm. long; English, 1810-50, Assalini’s artery forceps, by Savigny, steel with cross-hatch ebony handle – 11.7cm. long; an English, late 19th Century, steel surgical clamp (possibly for haemorrhoid), by Mayer & Meltzer London, with fitted jaws and screw adjustment – 15.7cm. long; 19th Century, steel artery forceps with sliding adjusting clamp – 12.7cm. long; an English, 19th Century, steel artery forceps or needle holder – 13.5cm. (long); two English, early/mid 20th Century, scalpel sets (both incomplete), by Allen & Hanburys Lt and Down Bros. and Mayer & Phelps Ltd, in gilt-effect tin cases (both rusted, one in poor condition); 18/19th Century, crude steel scoop possibly a carpenter's chisel – 10.2cm
Note: The unusual chisel/retractor was previously bought at Christie's, South Kensington on 2nd March, 1995 (Lot 77). The Assalini forceps was previously bought at David Stanley Auctions on 3rd November 2001 (Lot 1723). The chisel was previously bought at Christie’s on 2nd March, 1995, (Lot 77). The clamp and artery forceps were previously bought from Elisabeth Bennion in 1992. The crude scoop/carpenter's chisel was bought at Christie’s, South Kensington on 24th August, 1995 (Lot 102).