A collection of forty-six bleeding lancet etuis:

细节

A collection of forty-six bleeding lancet etuis:
Silver:
fifteen plain, some with engraving (one gilt)
eight engraved
seven engine-turned
one fluted
one chased
one with filigree
one with inset oil on ivory panels of Indian buildings

Mother of pearl:
one with metal mounts and engraved Chinese designs

Shagreen:
four with silver or metal mounts

Tortoiseshell:
seven, one with piqué decoration (46)

拍品专文

A similar collection was sold in Medical Instruments on 18 August 1994, lot 207.

Most of the etuis have divisions for lancets and some retain lancets. Those present mostly have tortoiseshell guards, although a few are in mother of pearl and one pair are in abalone. Makers of the blades include Wood, Savingy, Bigg, Cluley, Baker, Evans, Laundy, Mather, Ferris, Smith, Charrire, Whitford, Bodker and others. Many of the silver etuis are hallmarked for the first half of the Nineteenth century.