Antique c1700s Georgian Shagreen Etui with Medical Lancet Set, a Tortoise Shell Pair portrait of child A few small rim nips

A few small rim nips or roughened spots and some visible glaze crazing on closer inspection

and atop every sterling silver cap on jars and that rare liquor flask

On 18 Fructidor

Aren't these wonderful

This embroidery is from the Marchioness or her students

Antique c1700s Georgian Shagreen Etui with Medical Lancet Set, a Tortoise Shell Pair portrait of child A few small rim nipsA medical kit you're sure to want, Dr.. This is a late 1700s shagreen (stingray leather) etui (case) which holds the old original set of lancets to 'bleed' a patient who is ill. Yes, it was accepted science then that a sick person had 'humours' in the blood, and releasing blood could help them heal. Questionable science, and lots of sick people just went on about their dying. But no medical person would be without his very sharp lancets. The case is