Bur Thimble
notes: label: Description
content: A bur thimble was designed “for placing on the first or second finger, to receive the end of drills, &c., to which a rotary motion is to be given.”
label: Description
content: Ref: C. Ash & Sons, A Catalogue of Artificial Teeth, Dental Materials, Instruments, Tools, Furniture, &c. (London, 1880), p. 116.
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 University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-08422
label: catalog number
content: M-08422
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Socket, Ring and Drill
label: Object Name
content: bur thimble
label: Object Name
content: dental instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Socket, Ring and Drill; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 in; 1.5875 cm x 4.7625 cm x 2.54 cm