Case with six restorative instruments with ivory handles.
HC.J.9.X.12
Case, Instrument (Restorative)
Brown wooden case with six restorative instruments with ivory handles. The case has a green silk lining with cotton wadding. The silk has floral detailing and fraying in the centre of the lid.
1: small, ribbed ball end.
2: shaft is flat and has angled, pointed end
3: round shaft which curves outwards into a perpendicular teardrop-shaped flat tip.
4: tapered short shaft with a romboid tip.
5: circular tapered shaft with a perpendicular t-shaped tip.
6: circular shaft which curves out into a narrow tip.
Mid-nineteenth century. For filling and and filing the teeth, removing salivary glands
Nineteenth century, mid
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