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Shagreen Lancet Case with Six Lancets

Item#: MET1287

Price: $850.00

 

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Shagreen Lancet Case with Six Lancets - click to enlarge.Shagreen Lancet Case with Six Lancets - click to enlarge.

A high quality Shagreen covered pocket wooden lancet case (7 cm) with a silver cartouche, containing 6 thumb lancets. Thumb lancets were standard equipment for physicians who made house calls and were used for bloodletting. Some lancets were carried individually, but more commonly in a lancet case. The six lancets have tortoiseshell handles or scales and are of varying sizes. 3 of the lancets are marked Evans 35 Old change London, one of these is missing its point. Evans & Co. operated out of London for over 200 years. Their main shop was in Cheapside on Old Change Rd.