Accession No

2527

Brief Description

boxed set of urethral sounds, by Down Brothers, English, 1900 (c)

Origin

21 St. Thomas’s Street, London, England

Maker

Down Brothers

Class

medical

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (steel, brass); glass; ivory; wood (oak)

Dimensions

box length 325mm; breadth 128mm; height 56mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated by C.H. McCleery, Cambridgeshire, England.

Inscription

‘DOWN BROS., 21, St. THOMAS’S ST., LONDON, S.E..’ (ivory plate inside case)

Description Notes

Fitted oak box containing 8 solid steel catheters, rusted. Constant length, graduated width, thickening in final third of shaft, tapering again before curve, thickened bulbous tip; ring handles. Small glass bottle with glass stopper; rim of bottle broken.

Condition fair; complete

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