Alex Peck Antique Scientifica
Sale Catalogue
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Below is a listing of a few medical and scientific antiques that are currently for sale. Please feel free to send an e-mail for additional details and to place an order. Click on the thumbnails for enlargements and additional views.
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225. A ceramic c. 1850 antique barber-surgeon's bowl. $425 |
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226. A
dated 1917 World War I U.S.
Army surgeon's uniform that belonged to
Dr. Francis A. Stiles. |
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227. An antique nit comb and its original case. The comb is retracted into a slot by pushing a button, thus cleaning the comb teeth of parasitic insects and their eggs. The implement is of high quality and it is an excellent example of an Victorian personal hygiene instrument. $275
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228. A 1935 Royal Lifesaving Society silver medal, Award of Merit. Well made in typical high-quality, British silversmith style and marked. One side depicts a rescue and the other side shows Victory with a garland and is neatly engraved: H. E. Wilson 1935. $175 | |
229. An 1840s sixth-plate daguerreotype of a young man wearing unusual oblong-shaped glasses. The man is blind in one eye. The original seal of the daguerreotype is intact and the antique image is in very fine condition. $225 |
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230. A c. 1885 antique pocketknife by George Wostenholm, Sheffield. The slabs are sterling silver and one side is engraved: Dr. Wm. S. Seamans. Dr. William Shepard Seamans (d. 1917) was an 1881 graduate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and he practiced in New York City. $475 |
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231. A hand-illustrated Ottoman Turk scene of a minor surgery. The doctor holds the patient's left wrist and is possibly checking the pulse or for a break. (No wound is apparent.) Note the instruments and containers spread out in the foreground. $275 |
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232. An antique straight bone gouge with wood handle. $150 |
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