C1800 Unplated-Steel Utero-Vaginal Forceps: “KITTEL”
$495.00
C1800 Unplated-Steel Utero-Vaginal Forceps signed "KITTEL"
Dimensions
24 cm.
Circa
1800
Country of manufacture
Germany
Description
A fine pair of C1800 utero-vaginal forceps in unplated steel. Signed “KITTEL”. Kittel was a German firm based in in Berlin. Bennion lists an 1816 Kittel catalog. The London Science Museum shows an un-dated trepanning set on their site that would easily warrant an approximate date of C1800 (see link below) . Length: 9.75″ or 24 cm approx.
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co171541/geared-trephine-and-accessories-cased-by-kittel-trephination-sets
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M and R Gordon
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