Danish, dated 1844, set of six amputation knives in polished carbon steel, carved ivory handles, silver ferrules with traces of original gilding, each signed 'Camillus Nyrop' in velvet-lined mahogany case, inner lid with silver plaque 'C Nyrop Kjobenhavn', top of lid with silver plaque engraved ' Stein 1st November 1844, case 36.5cm [CITES].

Note: This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.

Note: Camillus Nyrop (1811-1883) was apprenticed to Joseph-Frédéric-Benoît Charrière in 1836 and became official instrument maker to the Royal Danish Academy of Surgery in 1841.