Dental Plate
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for by Morris Levett and Henry Davis, “Improvement in Coloring the Plates for Artificial Teeth,” U.S. Patent 5,294 (September 18, 1847). Morris Levett (1804-1884) was born in London, moved to New York in 1835, and practiced dentistry for some 43 years.
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-04160
label: catalog number
content: M-04160
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 5,294
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dental plates, patent model
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 2 in x 2 3/8 in; .9525 cm x 5.08 cm x 6.0325 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 3/8 in x 5/8 in; .9525 cm x .95296 cm x 1.5875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in x 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 4.445 cm x 2.2225 cm