Skip to content
History of Science Museum

Set of Scarificator and Cups, by S. Maw, London, c. 1830

Inventory Number 41588


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.41588

Subject
Medicine
Item type
Object
Makers
S Maw
Provenance
Presented by Prof. A.E.Boycott, BNC
Primary inscriptions
S. MAW / II. ALDERSGATE. ST / LONDON
Physical material
Glass
Copper Alloy
Metal
Object type
Scarificator
Dimensions
Diameter: 70mm Height: 134mm Weight: 730g
Inventory No
41588
Accession Number
1928-7

Description

Copper alloy twelve-bladed scarificator with circular blades which are raised through twelve thin recesses in the device, by use of a metal lever. The scarificator is inscribed S. MAW / II. ALDERSGATE. ST / LONDON. Alongside this are five glass cups of slightly differing shapes and sizes, three are slightly curved towards the nozzle and the other two are bell shaped.