M0015876: Curved forceps with maker's mark: crown and star, and blade of a trephination elevator showing the maker's mark, both 18th centruy

Date:
1957
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WT/D/1/20/1/142/22
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M0015876: Curved forceps with maker's mark: crown and star, and blade of a trephination elevator showing the maker's mark, both 18th centruy. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced March 2022: Forceps showing crown and star.
Previous title, replaced March 2022: Double ended lever and cutting instruments with mark.

Description

Photograph of the maker's marks of two surgical instruments. The forceps were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1957 (accession number R6/1957). The elevator was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1917 (accession number R4869). Neither item is held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

1957

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: accession number R6/1957 and accession number R4869

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Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Notes

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.

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

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