M0015943: Three pairs of forceps marked with a star and crown, 18th century

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Three pairs of forceps marked with star and crown.

Photograph of three pairs of forceps from a case of amputation and trephination instruments, showing maker's marks. The case was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in Paris in 1928 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R3653/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0015941, M0015942

1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the items: accession number R3653/1936

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.