M0015891: Four lancets with maker's marks 18th and early 19th century

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Lancet marked with a device and PARIS.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Lancet marked with crown, star and name.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Lancet marked with cross keys.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Lancet marked with a crown.

Photograph of four lancets with maker's marks. The one with a device and the name "Paris" was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1919 (accession number R8861). The lancet with the crown, star and name as a maker's mark was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1919 (accession number R8850). The lancet with cross keys as a maker's mark was purchased by the Museum in 1930 and accessioned in 1941 (accession number R402/1941). The bleeding lancet with a crown as a maker's mark was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1957 (accession number R16/1957). None of the items are held by Wellcome Collection.

1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: accession number R8861 and R8850, accession number R402/1941 and accession number R16/1957

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.