Mold for Plate for Artificial Teeth
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Levi Gilbert, “Plate for Artificial Teeth,” U.S. Patent 5447 (Feb. 15, 1848). An inscription reads “LEVI GILBERT.” Levi Gilbert was a confectioner in New Haven, Ct., who had the idea of using atmospheric pressure to help hold the plate in place.
label: Description
content: Ref: Letter from Levi Gilbert, dated Aug. 18, 1861, reprinted in The Dental Cosmos 3 (1862): 178-179.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.291116.163
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: patent number
content: 5,447
label: catalog number
content: 291116.163
objectType: label: Object Name
content: die and counter die, patent model
label: Object Name
content: dental device
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 4.445 cm x 8.89 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in; 3.81 cm x 8.89 cm x 8.5725 cm