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A P&O SURGICAL SET
Lot 68

A P&O SURGICAL SET

ARNOLD & SONS, CIRCA 1870

Closed29 September 2011

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GBP 3,750

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A P&O SURGICAL SET
ARNOLD & SONS, CIRCA 1870
signed on inlaid ivory plates ARNOLD & SONS. WEST SMITHFIELD LONDON., most instruments punched with maker's mark, complete in purple felt fitted case.
17in. (43cm.) long in case

Specialist note

A near identical boxed set illustrated in a S. Maw Son & Thompson catalogue of 1870, 'Set of operational instruments for Surgeons in the service of the Pensinsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, in accordance with the regulations of the Directors'.