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A mid 19th-Century continental surgeon's part operating set,
by Berthold, the burnished-steel instruments variously stamped B or B surmounted by a cross, with nickel-silver ferrules and pommels, hardwood and ebony handles, instruments include two Liston-pattern knives, a trocar and cannula, a lacquered-brass and chamois leather padded tourniquet, a saw, needles, a trephine part set (universal handle missing) including a brace, elevator, three trephines, bone brush, skull scraping instruments and other items, contained in the original green velvet-lined leather-covered case, the lid with gilt tooling of ivy leaf decoration and inscribed CASSA DI AMPUTAZIONE E TENEBRAZIONI** DI ANTONIO CONDEMI, the case with two brass carrying handles -- 20in. (51.5cm.) wide (some old damages to case, forceps)
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by Berthold, the burnished-steel instruments variously stamped B or B surmounted by a cross, with nickel-silver ferrules and pommels, hardwood and ebony handles, instruments include two Liston-pattern knives, a trocar and cannula, a lacquered-brass and chamois leather padded tourniquet, a saw, needles, a trephine part set (universal handle missing) including a brace, elevator, three trephines, bone brush, skull scraping instruments and other items, contained in the original green velvet-lined leather-covered case, the lid with gilt tooling of ivy leaf decoration and inscribed CASSA DI AMPUTAZIONE E TENEBRAZIONI** DI ANTONIO CONDEMI, the case with two brass carrying handles -- 20in. (51.5cm.) wide (some old damages to case, forceps)
See Colour Illustration