Dental Gold
date: label: associated dates
content: 1878 05 21 / 1878 05 21
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Edward G. Kearsing and Leonzo Kearsing, “Improvement in Dental-Gold Fillings,” U.S. Patent 203,921 (May 21, 1878). The Kearsings made sold various gold products for dental purposes.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-04264
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: M-04264
label: patent number
content: 203,921
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dental foil
label: Object Name
content: dental device
label: Object Name
content: gold foil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 11.9 cm x 5.2 cm; 1/16 in x 4 11/16 in x 2 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, card: 2 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 1/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 12.065 cm x .3175 cm