Draw Press
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular iron draw press designed for dental work. It has fifteen nickel plated steel punches in graduated sizes from one to thirteen, and a “Model B / MFD. BY ... FOR S. ELDRED GILBERT DENTAL MFG. CO. PHILADELPHIA PA. U.S.A. PAT. APPLIED FOR” inscription, and it was made by the W. M. Sharp Co. in Binghamton, N.Y. Warren Milton Sharp (1863-1921) was a Canadian who moved to the United States as a young man, established a business in Binghamton, and obtained several dental-related patents.
label: Description
content: Ref: The W. M. Sharp Co., Dr. W. M. Sharp’s Crown and Bridge System and Other Dental Specialties (Philadelphia, n.d.), p. 7.
label: Description
content: Warren M. Sharp, “Device for Drawing Metal Tooth-Caps,” U.S. Patent 276,772 (April 28, 1903).
label: Description
content: “Dr. Warren M. Sharp,” New York Tribune (Dec. 21, 1921), p. 11.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0545.01
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0545.01
label: accession number
content: 1988.0545
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Draw Press
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, nickle (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in x 3 in; 19.05 cm x 21.59 cm x 7.62 cm