General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

16

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 BAG HAS WOODEN FRAME; LEATHER COVERING ON EXTERIOR, INSTRUMENT HOLDER FLAPS, AND ON SELECTED OTHER AREAS OF INTERIOR; COATED PAPER COVERING ON SOME INTERNAL SURFACES; METAL HARWARE & FASTENINGS..2-.5 WOODEN DRAWERS & DRAWER SLIDES..6-.16 RESIN (INCLUDING VULCANITE), METAL (INCLUDING STEEL & COPPER) & WOOD (EBONY?)

Dimensions

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

Length

36.5 cm

Width

13.0 cm

Height

21.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Instruments

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

STEVENS

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

This bag & instruments presumably used ca.1850s-1880s; possibly also used later.

Canada

Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto ON.

Function

Bag used to store, protect and transport medical instruments, and selected supplies and medications for use by health care professionals when travelling outside a medical facility.

Technical

Early medical bag containing assortment of gynecological instruments, most probably mfd. ca. late 18th c. (Chandler Instruments) to 1880s. (ref. 3)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "J. STEVENS & SON/ Surgical Instrument Mak[er]/ -159,-/ [Gower] St., London" printed inred on off-white paper label applied to wooden drawer support."X934.16.6P" printed in white ink on base. "AM 3642" printed on label on base..6 Incised "J.F. HARTZ & CO.". "X934.16.6K" marked in white ink..7 "X934.16.6A" marked in white ink..8 Incised "F. FORD". "X934.16.6D" marked in white ink..9 Incised "YOUNG/ EDINB". "X934.16.6E" marked in white ink..10 "X934.16.6F" marked in white ink..11 "X934.16.6H" marked in white ink..12 Incised "11" on inside surface of both arms. "X934.16.6J" marked in white ink. * Cont'd in Supp. Info.

Missing

.1 bag missing carrying handle & 1 drawer. May be missing other parts.

Finish

.1 BLACK PEBBLE-TEXTURED BAG HAS SILVER METAL SLIDE LOCKS ON BOTH ACCESS FLAPS; INTERIOR IS LARGELY BLACK; REVERSE SIDE OF FLAPS OVER INSTRUMENT HOLDERS IS DARK BROWN..2-.5 DRAWERS ARE BLACK..6 SILVER METAL SPECULUM..7 DARK BROWN MOULDED RESIN PESSARY..8 COPPER CURETTE HAS DARK BROWN RESIN OR WOOD HANDLE WITH CROSS-HATCHED PATTERN..9 SILVER METAL BLADE; TURNED BLACK WOOD (EBONY ?) HANDLE. * CONT'D IN SUPP. INFO.

Decoration

N/A