Dental Forceps
date: label: date made
content: 1835-1860
name: label: maker
content: Chevalier, John D.
notes: label: Description
content: Dental forceps made by John D. Chevalier who was born in Switzerland ca. 1810, moved to the U.S. as a young man, and established a dental supply house in 1833.
label: Description
content: This pair of steel forceps has a curved beak and is used for the extraction of molars. The crosshatch pattern on the handles helps the dentist to maintain a good grip on the instrument.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Dentistry
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Dentistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Suzanne Parmly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0248.11
label: accession number
content: 2014.0248
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0248.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dental instrument
label: Object Name
content: dental instrument, forceps
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.3 cm x 2.8 cm x 15.5 cm; 29/32 in x 1 3/32 in x 6 3/32 in