A rare French ebony and polished steel trepanning set signed on instruments GRANGERET PARIS, the inventory signed in ink Grangeret, with trade label for Grangeret coutelier, the case inscribed Chirurgie Militaire, with a lenticular signed Hospice De Limoges, with a fine polished steel brace with screw on ebony handle and ribbed cut steel revolving hand grip, three lenticulars including a dura cutter, three trephines with pins and key, two elevators, two locating spikes, a screw key, a repacement knife (one elevator damaged, one lenticular contemporary but probably replaced) in wool lined leather covered brass bound wood case, with brass clasps and carrying handle, large brass escuttcheon stamped C.210 c.1800 - 13in x 8½in

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A rare French ebony and polished steel trepanning set signed on instruments GRANGERET PARIS, the inventory signed in ink Grangeret, with trade label for Grangeret coutelier, the case inscribed Chirurgie Militaire, with a lenticular signed Hospice De Limoges, with a fine polished steel brace with screw on ebony handle and ribbed cut steel revolving hand grip, three lenticulars including a dura cutter, three trephines with pins and key, two elevators, two locating spikes, a screw key, a repacement knife (one elevator damaged, one lenticular contemporary but probably replaced) in wool lined leather covered brass bound wood case, with brass clasps and carrying handle, large brass escuttcheon stamped C.210 c.1800 - 13in x 8½in

拍品專文

Grangeret was cutler to the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, this particular instrument set is the only one known to have been signed by Grangeret personally