Dental Forceps
name: label: maker
content: Teufel, Jacob J.
notes: label: Description
content: The “TEUFEL / . . .” inscription on these dental forceps is that of Jacob J. Teufel (1822-1887), a surgical and dental instrument maker in Philadelphia. At the Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876, Teuffel won an award for dental forceps that were “well finished and admirably adapted for their purpose."
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 Doris H. Bratten (Mrs. Roscoe C. Bratten, D.D.S.)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.312608.003
label: catalog number
content: 312608.003
label: accession number
content: 312608
objectType: label: Object Name
content: forceps, dental
label: Object Name
content: dental forceps
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 7 3/4 in; x 4.445 cm x 19.685 cm