Dental Plate and Teeth
date: label: associated dates
content: 1871 08 29 / 1871 08 29
name: label: patentee
content: Smith
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Smiley Purvine and Harrison Smith, “Improvement in Dental Plates,” U.S. Patent 118,484 (Aug. 29, 1871). Smiley Purvine (1838-1919) and Harrison Smith (1824-1923), were dentists in Salem, Or.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States
label: associated place
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
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.291116.043.03
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: M-13155.01
label: patent number
content: 118484
label: catalog number
content: 291116.043.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dentures
label: Object Name
content: denture
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Object Name
content: Dentures
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: vulcanite(?) (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: porcelain (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: vulcanite(?) (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: porcelain (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.2 cm x 2.6 cm x 4.2 cm; 1/2 in x 1 in x 1 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 1.27 cm x 2.8575 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.3 cm x 5.7 cm x 4.5 cm; 1 5/16 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in