Dental Plates (2) and Teeth
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for James B. Bean, “Improved Method of Securing Artificial Teeth to Cast Plates,” U.S. Patent 69,615 (Oct. 8, 1867). James Baxter Bean (1834-1870) was a naturalist who collected specimens for the Smithsonian. He received a degree from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery; served in Confederate hospitals during the Civil War; established a dental practice in Baltimore; and died in a blizzard on Mont Blanc.
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-04203
label: patent number
content: 069615
label: patent number
content: 69,615
label: catalog number
content: M-04203
label: accession number
content: 89797
objectType: label: Object Name
content: denture, set, patent model
label: Object Name
content: dental device, set
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 5.715 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 4.7625 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 2 in x 2 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.715 cm