Case, instrument
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- OBJECT TYPE
- surgical
- DATE
- 1780
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.1029.009
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 9
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Mahogany wood box has inlaid flame-grained mahogany veneer on lid; interior lined with [faded] red velvet; metal [ brass ?] handle, hinges and eye-and-hook closures.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 45.3 cm
- Width
- 20.0 cm
- Height
- 6.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Probably c. 1780-1880s.
- Canada
-
Acquired as part of University Health Network [UHN] collection of artifacts, trade literature and archival material. - Function
-
To contain and protect contents when not in use. Specifically, this case used to contain and protect select surgical instruments. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None evident, save UHN catalogue no. "X934.16.3 G" printed by hand in white ink on case back, below hinge.
- Missing
- Lock plate is missing; one closure hook is replacement/not original to case.
- Finish
- Mahogany wood box has inlaid flame-grained mahogany veneer on lid; interior lined with [faded] red velvet; metal [ brass ?] handle, hinges and eye-and-hook closures.
- Decoration
- Fine inlaid gadroon design border on case lid exterior.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Case, instrument, circa 1780, Artifact no. 2002.1029, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.1029.009/
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