Pair of rare German/French 'enema' cloak buttons
A rare pair of pictorial stamped surgeon's cloak buttons, most probably German, early 18th century,
the first with a scene of a doctor administering an enema to a patient in a bedroom interior, with sleigh bed and chamber pot in view, the second with the patient using chamber pot with the doctor standing over him with the enema under the bed drapes, each in hollow nickel metal with rolled stud construction to verso - each 1.1/8in (2.8cm) diameter
Sold for £812 inc. premium

Category: Collectibles / Scientific Instruments


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