Accession No

2517

Brief Description

manicure set, 1850 (c)

Origin

Maker

Class

medical

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1850

Inscription Date

Material

hide (leather); wood; glass; cloth (velvet); metal (steel); organic (mother of pearl)

Dimensions

overall length of instruments 63mm; length of box 76mm; breadth of box 52mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

Description Notes

Leather-covered wooden box. Clip fastening. Magnifying miror inside lid. Velvet-lined interior fitted with six instruments. Steel with mother-of-pearl handles: nail file; triangular-headed tool; four with various shaped heads.

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