A fine Velpeau-type tonsillotome by Charrière, circa 1850
€300
Circa
1850
Country of manufacture
France
Description
A fine, well-preserved example of a classic French tonsillotome of the Velpeau type, based on the Fahnestock model which Velpeau modified/improved. The instrument is signed Charrière and datable to around 1850. It is a double-forked model with three rings and a lovely small guilloché ebony handle. The instrument is rust-free and in perfect working order. It measures 30 cm in length.
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Le Zograscope
Established by Alexandre Piffault in 2014 and based in Paris at 5 rue de Condé, 75006, very close to Odéon, Le Zograscope specializes in antique and rare books in Science, Medicine and Technology, and rare antique instruments in the same fields. We have especially a strong interest in early and continental microscopy, early and special mathematical/drawing instruments, medical and surgical instrument, and rare technology.
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