dental mirror, English, c.1850, bevelled glass retained with boxwood and ebony stringing, 11.6cm; a folding concave mirror, English c.1830-40, nickel silver bezel and hinge, 6.1cm closed [CITES]
Note: This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.
Footnote: Same model of folding mirror illustrated p.113 of Elisabeth Bennion ‘Antique Dental Instruments’ (mirror from the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford).
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dental mirror, English, c.1850, bevelled glass retained with boxwood and ebony stringing, 11.6cm; a folding concave mirror, English c.1830-40, nickel silver bezel and hinge, 6.1cm closed [CITES]
Note: This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.
Footnote: Same model of folding mirror illustrated p.113 of Elisabeth Bennion ‘Antique Dental Instruments’ (mirror from the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford).
Auction: Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022