Denture
date: label: date made
content: 1864
label: associated dates
content: 1864 06 07 / 1864 06 07
notes: label: Description
content: Upper denture with 14 porcelain teeth. This is the patent model for John A. Cummings, “Artificial Gums and Plate,” U.S. Patent 43,009 (June 7, 1864). Cummings was a dentist in Boston who struggled for years to produce an practical and affordable dental plate of vulcanite (or hard rubber).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: 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.291116.015
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: patent number
content: 43,009
label: catalog number
content: 291116.015
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Denture, Gold
label: Object Name
content: denture
label: Object Name
content: dentures
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Other Terms
content: Denture, Gold; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: vulcanite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: porcelain (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 5.715 cm x 5.3975 cm