Surgical Set
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1900
name: label: maker
content: Charles Lentz & Sons
notes: label: Description
content: Small surgical set in a wooden case lined with red velved. A black and gold label reads “CHAS. LENTZ & SONS / 18 N. 11TH ST. / PHILADELPHIA.” The scissors are missing.
label: Description
content: Charles Lentz (1831-1923) was a German immigrant who arrived in the United States in 1847 and found work with various surgical and dental instrument makers. In 1875, now living in Philadelphia, Lentz formed a business with his two sons, William and Charles, Jr. The firm became Chas. Lentz & Sons on Jan. 1, 1887.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Surgery
label: Subject
content: Medicine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0076.01
label: accession number
content: 2017.0076
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0076.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: surgical set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (blades material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (handlea material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (clasp material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (label material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 3.1 cm x 17 cm x 5.7 cm; 1 7/32 in x 6 11/16 in x 2 1/4 in