Denture
date: label: associated dates
content: 1871 08 29
name: label: patentee
content: Smith
notes: label: Description
content: Upper denture with gold plate and 14 porcelain teeth. This is the patent model for Samuel Purvine and Harrison Smith, “Improvement in Dental Plates,” U.S. Patent 118,484 (Aug. 29, 1871). The inventors lived in Salem, Oregon.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States
label: associated place
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.291116.043.01
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: M-13155.01
label: patent number
content: 118484
label: catalog number
content: 291116.043.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Denture, Gold
label: Object Name
content: dentures
label: Object Name
content: denture
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Object Name
content: Dentures
label: Other Terms
content: Denture, Gold; Dentures; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: vulcanite(?) (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: porcelain (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 6.0325 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.3 cm x 5.7 cm x 4.5 cm; 1 5/16 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in