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A rare and unusual pair of [?]18th-Century silver umbilical cord tweezers,
unsigned, the tweezers in the form of the beak of a pelican, the body opening to reveal a baby in swaddling clothes in the exposed recess, the bird standing on pierced floral decoration and the finger loops, one supported on the back of a small tortoise to enable the tweezers to be stood upright on a flat surface -- 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high
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unsigned, the tweezers in the form of the beak of a pelican, the body opening to reveal a baby in swaddling clothes in the exposed recess, the bird standing on pierced floral decoration and the finger loops, one supported on the back of a small tortoise to enable the tweezers to be stood upright on a flat surface -- 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high
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