including: 18^th/19^th Century, steel extracting or uterine dressing forceps, with proximal curve to the shank and fenestration to tips of jaws – 28.5cm. long; an unusual 18^th Century/early 19^th Century chisel/retractor, steel with barley twist pattern horn handle – 24.4cm. long; 19^th Century, steel bone scoop with turned ebony handle -- 15.7cm. long; English, 1810-50, Assalini’s artery forceps, by Savigny, steel with cross-hatch ebony handle – 11.7cm. long; an English, late 19^th Century, steel surgical clamp (possibly for haemorrhoid), by Mayer & Meltzer London, with fitted jaws and screw adjustment – 15.7cm. long; 19^th Century, steel artery forceps with sliding adjusting clamp – 12.7cm. long; an English, 19^th Century, steel artery forceps or needle holder – 13.5cm. (long); two English, early/mid 20^th Century, scalpel sets (both incomplete), by Allen & Hanburys Lt and Down Bros. and Mayer & Phelps Ltd, in gilt-effect tin cases (both rusted, one in poor condition); 18/19^th Century, crude steel scoop possibly a carpenter's chisel – 10.2cm

Note: The unusual chisel/retractor was previously bought at Christie's, South Kensington on 2nd March, 1995 (Lot 77). The Assalini forceps was previously bought at David Stanley Auctions on 3^rd November 2001 (Lot 1723). The chisel was previously bought at Christie’s on 2^nd March, 1995, (Lot 77). The clamp and artery forceps were previously bought from Elisabeth Bennion in 1992. The crude scoop/carpenter's chisel was bought at Christie’s, South Kensington on 24^th August, 1995 (Lot 102).

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