M0017186: Three bullet extractors, 16th to 17th century

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Bullet extractors, 16th to 17th century.

Photograph of three bullet extractors. The first is a steel extractor with a handle decorated with brass. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in Paris in 1928 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R2868/1936). The second was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and given accession number A3194. The third is a German extractor made of iron. It was purchased by the Museum in Berlin at an unknown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R4581/1936). None of the items are held by Wellcome Collection.

January 1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for two of the items: R2868/1936 and R4581/1936

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 2022.

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