Dental Forceps
notes: label: Description
content: Dental forceps with inscriptions that read “H. R. SHERWOOD” and “J. T. TOLAND.” H. R. Sherwood was a manufacturer of dental instruments working in Cincinnati. John T. Toland (ca. 1830-1863) was the proprietor of a dental depot in Cincinnati. He showed several dental instruments at the Ohio Mechanics’ Institute Fair of 1858. And he advertised as exclusive agent for Sherwood’s forceps in 1859.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-04173
label: patent number
content: 17107
label: catalog number
content: M-04173
label: accession number
content: 89797
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Forceps, All-Purpose
label: Object Name
content: forceps, all-purpose, patent model
label: Object Name
content: dental instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Forceps, All-Purpose; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 7 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 18.7325 cm x 2.8575 cm