Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020349 a-d
Description
Dental cotton dispenser; hollow yellow plastic cylindrical dispenser (a) with flared base; round opening at bottom, smaller opening at top; coiled silver metal spring (b) fits inside; silver metal disc (c) forms base of dispenser, fits into opening at bottom and rests on three metal knobs at edges;…
Dental cotton dispenser; hollow yellow plastic cylindrical dispenser (a) with flared base; round opening at bottom, smaller opening at top; coiled silver metal spring (b) fits inside; silver metal disc (c) forms base of dispenser, fits into opening at bottom and rests on three metal knobs at edges; smaller disc (d) fits at top; cotton is forced against opening at top
Number Of Parts
4
Part Names
a - dispenser - Size: Depth 6.5 cm x Diam. 6.8 cm
b - spring - Size: Length 4.5 cm x Diam. 4.0 cm
c - cover - Size: Depth 0.4 cm x Diam. 4.3 cm
d - cover - Size: Depth 0.5 cm x Diam. 4.1 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
(a) Embossed on bottom of base: "CO-RE-GA // COREGA CHEMICAL CO. CLEVELAND, OHIO // MADE IN .U.S.A."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C6-3
Condition Remarks
Metal is very tarnished; plastic is darkened
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
“S.S. White Dental Catalog, Catalog-K”, S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 1914, p. 22 (similar to Cotton Holder No. 1)
Research Facts
Dr Ralph and Mrs Olga Crawford donated their extensive Canadian dental collection to the DCF to create the museum in 1997; further donations were received while Dr Crawford was Curator Emeritus at the Dental Canada Museum until its closure in 2008