18th Century Trepan Brace

Description:

18th Century Trepan Brace, iron body with faceted and scrolled legs, brass-mounted, delicately turned ebony handles terminating in a bit, lg. with bit 13 in.

Note: Similar examples illustrated in Elisabeth Bennion's Antique Medical Instruments.
Estimate $700-900


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