Gold Foil
date: label: associated dates
content: 1876 01 25 / 1876 01 25
name: label: maker
content: Williams, Richard S.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Richard S. Williams, “Improvement in Dental Foil,” U.S. Patent 172,812 (Jan. 25, 1876). Richard S. Williams (1841-1896) was a New York dealer of dental supplies who specialized in items made of gold foil.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-04252
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: M-04252
label: patent number
content: 172,812
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Foil
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Object Name
content: gold foil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.4 cm x 10.4 cm; x 4 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 4 1/8 in x 1/8 in; 10.16 cm x 10.4775 cm x .3175 cm