Blade, knife

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1920–1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2008.1609.020

MANUFACTURER: Down Bros.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 20
Total Parts: 20
AKA: Scalpel blade
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal handle

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

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Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Instruments
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Down
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Specific: This dressing case and contents possibly used c. 1920s- 1960s.
Canada: Part of a collection of medical instruments used by J.R Jackson and W.A.L. Jackson, father and grandfather of donor. [Ref. 1]
Function: General: Knife blade that can be fitted into an instrument handle to use and reverse for save storage inside the handle.
Technical: Highly portable collection of general, basic and most often necessary instruments needed for performing minor surgeries and/or changing post-operative dressings.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Stamped into one side of the blade: "BRITISH MAKE"
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Silver-coloured metal blade.
Decoration: N/A

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Down Bros., Blade, knife, circa 1920–1940, Artifact no. 2008.1609, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2008.1609.020/

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