Denture
notes: label: Description
content: Upper denture with gold plate and 14 porcelain teeth. This is the patent model for John L. Newell, “Casting Artificial Tooth Plates by the Electrotype Process,” U.S. Patent 15,706 (September 9, 1856). Newell lived in Binghamton, N.Y.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.291116.016
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: patent number
content: 15,706
label: patent number
content: 015706
label: catalog number
content: 291116.016
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Denture, Gold
label: Object Name
content: dentures
label: Object Name
content: denture
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Other Terms
content: Denture, Gold; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: porcelain (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 6.35 cm x 6.0325 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 5.8 cm x 5.5 cm; 1 15/16 in x 2 5/16 in x 2 3/16 in