Sale 8075
London, South Kensington
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13 August 1998
Price realised
GBP 368
Estimate
A fine veterinary fleam, stamped on the brass frame R. BUCHMILLER LANCASTER, with burnished-steel trigger and pawl, and spring blade, the frame with pocket for spare blades -- 4¼in. (10.8cm.) long; a continental pattern nickel-plated brass six-blade drum scarificator in box; and a brass-cased scarificator in chamois-leather lined leather-covered dome case -- 2½in. (6.3cm.) wide See Illustration (3)
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