Dental Supplies
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on the lid of this red case reads “Klewe & Co.’s Glass Burnishers / Dr. Jenkins’ Points.” Klewe & Co. was located in New Haven, Ct.; there by 1907. Newell Still Jenkins (1840-1919) was an American dentist who practiced in Dresden, Germany, for many years; and who developed and improved porcelain enamel. These glass burnishers, for use with gold matrices, were mentioned in 1913.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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-08899
label: catalog number
content: M-08899
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ?
label: Object Name
content: glass burnishers
label: Other Terms
content: ?; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in x 1 in; 19.05 cm x 12.065 cm x 2.54 cm