Amputation saw - Maison MATHIEU - Late 19th/early 20th century

Amputation saw - Maison MATHIEU - Late 19th/early 20th century

Inscription "MATHIEU" there was something else written next to it but it has been scratched off, in general it is noted MATHIEU à Paris.

It dates from the end of the 19th or the beginning of the 20th century because it is entirely made of metal.
After the discovery of the importance of hygiene and sterilization at the end of the 19th century, the cutlers will not make any more ebony handles as before, wood being a real home to germs and bacteria of all kinds...

Length 34cm