Tooth Key
date: label: Date made
content: 1820 - 1830
label: associated dates
content: 1987
notes: label: Description
content: Tooth key with steel shaft, turned ivory handle, and “[MADE] FOR / N. FRANCIS / ALBANY / G. W. MEAD / PITTSFIELD / MASS. / DENTAL INSTRUMENT MAKER / WARRANTED CAST STEEL” inscription. This may have been made by George W. Mead (1804-1870) in Pittsfield, Ma., and used by C. E. Francis, a prominent dentist in Albany, N.Y.
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: 1987.0913.01
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0913.01
label: accession number
content: 1987.0913
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Toothkey
label: Object Name
content: turnkey
label: Object Name
content: dental instrument
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 16.6 cm x 10 cm x 3 cm; 6 9/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 1 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 6 5/8 in x 4 in; 3.4925 cm x 16.8275 cm x 10.16 cm