Shade Guides for Artificial Teeth
name: label: maker
content: H. D. Justi & Son
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on the cardboard box reads “H. D. JUSTI & SON’S SAMPLE SHADE HOLDER / PHILADELPHIA / BRANCH CHICAGO” AND “PAT. NOV. 10TH 1896.” Henry Daniel Justi (1834-1922) was born in Germany, apprenticed with a surgical instrument maker, moved to the United States in 1850, settled in Philadelphia and, in time, specialized in the manufacture of artificial teeth. His firm won awards at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, and several subsequent international fairs. It became H. D. Justi & Son in 1892.
label: Description
content: Ref: Henry D. Justi, “Support and Carrier for Artificial Teeth,” U.S. Patent 571,166 (Nov. 10, 1896).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.291116.134.02
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: 291116.134.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shade Guide, Set of
label: Object Name
content: shade guides, set of
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Other Terms
content: Shade Guide, Set of; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 1/2 in x 8 1/8 in x 2 in; 1.27 cm x 20.6375 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, shade guide piece: 1/4 in x 2 in x 1 5/8 in; .635 cm x 5.08 cm x 4.1275 cm