Dental Forceps
name: label: maker
content: Biddle, John
notes: label: Description
content: Dental forceps with a “J. BIDDLE / MAKER / NEW YORK” inscription. John Biddle was a dental instrument maker who was in business by 1856 and still going in the mid-1880s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Dentistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-08553
label: accession number
content: 218383
label: catalog number
content: M-08553
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps
label: Object Name
content: forceps, dental
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps; Tooth Extraction
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 7 in; x 5.715 cm x 17.78 cm