A mid 19th-Century set of dental scalers,

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A mid 19th-Century set of dental scalers,
with label to case MILLIKIN & LAWLEY SURGICAL Mathematical and Optical INSTRUMENT MAKERS, 161, STRAND, LONDON., containing four scalers, a file and a stopper, all with ivory handles (tip of one scraper snapped off), in a plush-lined leather-covered case (light wear) -- 5in. (12.7cm.) long

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Literature

Elizabeth Bennion Antique Dental Instruments (London, 1986)

Lot Essay

Bennion notes that Millikin signed himself "John Millikin, 161 Strand, London" in 1846, as "Millikin & Lawley, 161 Strand, London" in 1860, and as "Millikin (late Bigg & Millikin), 9 St Thomas's Street, London" in 1860-61 (p. 159).

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