Name/Title

Handpiece

Entry/Object ID

3367

Description

John Howard handpiece, 1885-6 Howard was Wolesleys's chief engineer in Melbourne. They had a dispute. Howard was a very valued member of the team because of his mechanical abilities. After the dispute, he went out on his own. He was funded by Gedde, who was a wealthy pastoralist and created the Howard Gedde's handpiece of this of this one is, Howard Gedde's, in wonderful condition. Complete in every respect and very unique because of the low numbers produced during a brief period of time. I'd value this at

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