Antique Double-Ended Medical Instrument, Sharp Hook & Spatula, Maker-Marked, Early 20th Century

A slim double-ended instrument with a fine curved hook at one end and a flat spatulate blade at the other, the faceted handle banded with a knurled grip and struck with a small pictorial maker's logo. The faceted handle and central knurl are a pattern of the early decades of the 20th century, when instrument makers moved away from the fully fluted and ebony handles of the Victorian workshop toward forms that could be gripped wet and boiled whole. Honest age with light pitting to the bright finish.