$10,575
Civil War Bone-Handled Field Amputation Set by Sharp and Smith, Chicago, comprising steel bow saw with cross-hatched bone grips and finger hole stamped Sharp & Smith , trephine with bone handle, Hey saw, elevator with hatched steel grip, brush, finger saw, three Liston knives, set of eleven scalpels and other instruments (probably for ophthalmic use), six stamped Brinckerhoff , six Smith & Sharp , bone forceps, tourniquet and other items, in brass-bound walnut case with fitted velvet-lined interior with label Sharp & Smith, Manufacturers if Surgical Instruments, 100 Randolph St. , Chicago and indistinct painted gilt lettering on the lid D.H.L.H. ... , wd. 16 in. (instruments with little signs of use).
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-10-28
