Early 19th c.Medical Teaching Device- Shadowboxed Wax Fetus Models c.1800-1850 Sofas Despite closing in the 1980s

Despite closing in the 1980s

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Early 19th c.Medical Teaching Device- Shadowboxed Wax Fetus Models c.1800-1850 Sofas Despite closing in the 1980sABOUT Two early 19th century British wax models of fetuses with attached placenta. Used as a medical teaching device. Numbered and attached to a velvet background. In a sealed wooden box with early glass front window. Shown with life size hand model. CREATOR Unknown, United Kingdom. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c. 1800 1850. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Wax, Glass, Velvet. CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use. Break in the umbilical cord on the left.