| Reference Number | READ/287 |
| Title | Forceps |
| Date | 1875-1925 |
| Creator Name | Thomas Read & Co, Surgical instrument makers, 1744-1997 |
| Description | Forceps for needles, consisting of two box-joined, patterned metal shafts, with finger rings at one end and angled jaws with an internal gap for needle insertion at the other. Engraved 'READ'. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 170mm x 15mm x 50mm |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Forceps |
| Term | General Surgery -- Instrumentation |