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AMERICAN COIN SILVER AND STEEL SPRING BLEEDER / LANCET, case with reeded banding at top and around edges, sliding cover engraved "Dr. G.A. Hamill", opposite side set with two screws and a button trigger, including a period, possibly original, leather-covered case. Unmarked. Mid 19th century. Lancet 2 1/4" LOA; case 2 5/8" x 1 3/8" x 3/4" OA.
Catalogue Note: Silver lancets are very rare, and we previously sold at least three examples with coin silver cases. For two with similar designs to the present example, see Jeffrey S. Evans (T/A GVA), 3/23/2007, lot 205 being an unmarked lancet, and Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 6/20/2015, lot 921 being one marked for John Adam of Alexandria, Virginia (active 1801-1848). The third example was also marked for John Adam of Alexandria having a different border design, see Jeffrey S. Evans (T/A GVA), 3/23/2007, lot 204.
The identity of Dr. G.A. Hamill is uncertain, but one possible candidate is Dr. George Ashman Hamill (1819-1871), son of William Hamill (1778-1846) and Rebecca Ashman (1790-1862). He was originally from Cumberland Co., PA, but he was living in Berkeley Co., VA (now West Virginia) by the time he married Jane M. Chamberlain (1820-1870) in 1847. According to the 1850, 1860, and 1870 U.S. censuses, his occupation was listed as "Physician". Dr. Hamill is buried at Tuscarora Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Martinsburg, WV.
Good to very good overall condition with some wear, surface scratches, and nicks, sliding cover with a few small dents and a few heavy scratches, steel components with some light rusting; case in fair overall condition with wear, some losses to leather, relined interior, and lacking hook for clasp. Lancet currently working (see Catalogue Guarantee).
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