Unique Antique Imperial Russian Doctor's Ebonite Massage Tools Set c1900

  

Unique Antique Imperial Russian Doctor's Ebonite Massage Tools Set c1900. Ne of a kind antique Imperial Russian doctor's ebonite(hard rubber) massage tools set c1900's in original luxury presentation box. This unique set belonged to the personal physician to Tsar Nicholas II -Yevgeny Botkin, and comes from his family estate. Yevgeny Sergeyevich Botkin (27 March 1865 - 17 July 1918), commonly known as Eugene Botkin, was the court physician for Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra.

While in exile with the family after the February Revolution in 1917, he sometimes treated the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia for haemophilia-related complications. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Botkin went into exile with the Romanov family, accompanying them to Tobolsk, Siberia and Ekaterinburg. He was murdered with the family by guards at Ekaterinburg on 17 July 1918. The set is made by A. Original luxury box, decorated with the Romanov's crown. The box is 20cm long. This is much more than a medicine tool-this is a piece of thehistory.

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