| 50. An exceptionally fine 1860s Snowden & Brother, Philadelphia, ivory-handled exhibition surgical set. Note the iconography of the capital saw grip: the dexter side reveals a standing Venus, while the sinister is carved with a sea monster. The opposing imagery may be a reference to the conflict between the Union and the Confederacy during the American Civil War. The German silver lid cartouche incorporates a superb patriotic eagle and is engraved : I. E. Cohn / Surgeon. This is considered to be the best quality American antique surgical set known to exist, and it may have been made for the 1864 Sanitary Fair held in Philadelphia. Snowden & Brother was in business from 1858 to 1872, as listed in Edmonson, p. 264. SOLD |
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51. A fine c. 1860s George Washington phrenology bust inkwell. The ink reservoir head of President Washington and the pen dipping cup are opal glass (milk glass). The stand is cast iron that has been painted black. Washington's idealized head carries phrenological divisions, each being numbered. The base is replete with symbolism: oak leaves indicate fortitude and strength; ivy leaves signify fidelity and tenacity; laurel leaves represent martial victory and success. The leaves to the sides are shaped to form a cradle for holding pens. The top of the pen cup lid is decorated with an American eagle within a Federal shield, while the underside reads: SEE WASHINGTON MANUAL BY // JOHN HECKER, / N.Y. The front of the glass cup is lettered: WASHINGTON MANUAL. The 1866 manual was a guide to understanding the Washington phrenology bust. The ring that holds the pen cup in place is marked: PATENTED DEC 11, 185[5]. Several other examples of this inkwell are known and the patent year on at least two is documented to be 1855. A check of the U.S. patent records reveals United States Patent 13,902 for a self-feeding fountain inkstand that was granted on 11 December 1855 to Charles T. Close, of New York, New York. The Washington Manual inkstand is 6.5" tall. SOLD
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| 52. A c. 1880 antique ear trumpet made of tin with a black and gold tone finish. The body of the ear horn is a series of soldered doughnut-shaped segments. The bulbous segments were designed to further amplify sound. This type of antique hearing device is identified as a Corrugated Ear Trumpet in the George Tiemann 1889 catalogue, p. 189, fig. 2034. SOLD |
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| 53. A c. 1900 penis cupping apparatus made of glass and metal. A vacuum is created in the glass tube by turning a crank. The instrument is listed in medical catalogues of the time as a penis congestor and as a penis enhancer. Tiemann 1889, p. 817, lists a penis congestor, but was, perhaps, too discrete to illustrate it. This is one of the more unusual urological antiques. |
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| 54. A c. 1800 antique obstetrical fetal destruction crotchet with pistol grip ebony handle. |  |
| 55. An American Civil War date Collidge U.S. Army field surgeon's companion put-up by George T. Brown, Apothecaries, Boston. The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion gives a description and illustration of this Collidge field companion, which was introduced in early 1863 and designed by Medical Inspector R.H. Collidge, U.S. Army. Of special note is the chloroform tin which has a label bearing the arms of the U.S. Army Medical Department and which is dated 1863. SOLD |
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| 56. An Auzoux anatomical model of the larynx in three parts. Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux (1797-1880), a French anatomist and physician, saw the need for highly accurate anatomical models, as an alternative to cadaver study, and founded, in the 1820s, a company to make them. Due to the great care and attention to detail that went into their manufacture, hand-painted antique Auzoux papier-mâché models are prized. This écorché is over twice life-size. SOLD |
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| 57. A c. 1860 antique bloodletting scarificator marked: McNAMEE. // RICHD, VA. Robert McNamee was a surgical and dental instrument maker active in Richmond, Virginia, from c. 1850 to the mid-1860s. Only one other antebellum Richmond instrument maker, Samuel Sutherland (fl. 1845-1855), is recorded. No McNamee instruments are illustrated in Edmonson and this is the only example known to this dealer. See Edmonson, p. 268 and p. 293. SOLD |
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