Scalpel
name: label: maker
content: Snowden and Brother
notes: label: Description
content: Steel scalpel with ivory handle. The “SNOWDEN” inscription refers to a surgical instrument firm in Philadelphia in the mid-nineteenth century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.254.04
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.254.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Knife
label: Other Terms
content: Knife; Cutting Tools; Scalpel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 19.5 cm x 1.6 cm x .6 cm; 7 11/16 in x 5/8 in x 1/4 in