Illustrated catalog of extracting, operating and mechanical forceps, lancets, root extractors, scissors, shears, pliers, etc. manufactured by the S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co.

Date

1911

Robert Sparling, razor-maker, at the Case of Knives in St. James's Market : makes and sells all sorts of cutlers ware, as knives & forks both for table and dezert with hafts in ivory, wood or horn; silver and china, or any other curious handles mounted in the best blades &c. : makes & sells razors, scissars, fleams, sheers, pen knives... likewise surgeons instruments in ye neatest manner.

Date

[1763?]

A pair of scissors; a person lying in water. Watercolour by N. Goullet, 1956.

Date

1956

A woman cutting her garment with scissors, watched by a man and two children. Engraving by A. Scultori, 15--, after Michelangelo.

Date

1500-1599

A knife-grinder sharpening a blade on a grinding wheel as a customer arrives with a plane to be sharpened. Woodcut by J. Amman.

Date

[1568]

Specification of Frederick Weiss : forceps, scissors, and other cutting instruments.

Date

1857

A shearman removing the nap from rough woven cloth, watched by another man from a window. Woodcut by J. Amman.

Date

[1568]

The muscles of the arm and palm of the hand and geometrical diagrams of the tendons and fibres of different muscles. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

Date

1739]

Zachariah Carleton, cutler, at the Case of Knives in New Street, Covent Garden, London : sells London, Birmingham & Sheffield cutlery wares : viz table knives & forks, clasp knives, razors, scissars.

Date

1739

John Best at ye Mace ye corner of Lumbard Street bext ye Stocks Market maketh razors, sissers, launcets, penknives : and all sorts of chirurgeons instruments : also by him are sold fine hoanes.

Date

[between 1700 and 1799?]

William Butler at the Blue Boar and Star, near the Monument, in Crooked Lane, London : sells all sorts of case knives & forks... scissors and razors of all sorts... snuff boxes & tobacco boxes.

Date

[between 1700 and 1799?]

John Cargill, instrument maker, at ye Saw & Crown in Lombard Street, London : makes & sells all sorts of surgeons instruments, razors, scizers, penknives, caseknives, carving knives, cuttoes, &c. : at reasonable rates.

Date

1739

Two maids confer on whether to 'refresh' a sick man even further by putting cold water into his enema. Lithograph by Cham, c. 1840.

Bought of H. Webster, surgeons' instrument maker and cutler : manufacturer of table knives, razors, scissors, pen knives &c. : 261, High Holborn : NB. all sorts of cutlery ground & repaired daily.

Date

between 1800 and 1899

W. Durham, razor, scissar and pen-knife maker : cutler to his Majesty, Regent Steet (west side near Portland Place) : manufacturer of all sorts of fine & table cutlery : cutlery carefully ground & repaired.

Date

[between 1800 and 1899?]

John Chasson, razor & surgeons instrument maker : at the C and Cross, in Newgate Street near St. Martins Le Grand, London : makes and sells all sorts of surgeons instruments, razor, lancets, scissors, penknives & all sorts of knives & forkes... / John Chasson, coutelier.

Date

[between 1700 and 1799?]

Edward Stanton at the Saw and Crown in Lombard Street London : lancet-maker : maketh and selleth all sorts of surgeons instruments likewise razors scissors penknives knives & forks... NB lancets and other instruments carefully ground and sett.

Date

[between 1700 and 1799?]

Splendid show rooms at the King's Cutlery manufactory and Sheffield Plate Warehouse / Joseph Rodgers and Sons.

Date

[1828?]

Instruments for surgical operations on the hands and feet. Etching by J. Mynde, 1743, after L. Heister.

Date

1743

Instruments for surgical operations on the hands and feet. Etching by F. Sesone, 1749, after L. Heister.

Date

[1749]

A woman and a girl having an ear and a nose pierced, a boy receiving stitches on his arm and a man having his hair cut, another a shave; a warning about the dangers of using unsterilized equipment and contracting the HIV virus by Spitnacs, Societal Projects Information Training Networking and Consultancy Services. Colour lithograph, ca 1997.

Date

[1997?]

Moorish tailor and wife offering him betel leaves. Gouache drawing.

A man reads a book while his wife cuts his toenails. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.

Egyptian wall relief, taken 1989

Egyptian wall relief, taken 1989