Surgical Instruments, An Early 19th Century German Neurosurgical Set

17 compartments accommodating a full set of instruments in unplated polished steel, brass, ebony and horn, instruments primarily by Heine (brace trephine etc), with additional instruments by Zitier and Sandill, the velvet lined, leather covered case with gilt embossed decoration is of the period and clearly made specifically to accommodate these instruments, case 41.2cm across