Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020101 a-c
Description
Dental water heater; silver metal hollow cylinder (a) sitting in square white marble base with orange felt attached at bottom; round knob on front sets heat at setting of 90 to 140; grey, green and red fabric-covered rubber electrical wire ending in silver metal plug coming out of base; silver meta…
Dental water heater; silver metal hollow cylinder (a) sitting in square white marble base with orange felt attached at bottom; round knob on front sets heat at setting of 90 to 140; grey, green and red fabric-covered rubber electrical wire ending in silver metal plug coming out of base; silver metal cup holder (b) with wide mouth sits in cylinder; smaller silver metal cup (c) with raised base sits in cup holder
Number Of Parts
3
Part Names
a - base - Size: Length 10.0 cm x Width 8.9 cm x Depth 8.7 cm
b - cup holder - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Diam. 7.7 cm
c - cup - Size: Depth 5.3 cm x Diam. 5.8 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
(a) Engraved on front: "WATER HEATER // THE // LEIGHTON-JACKSON MFG, CO. // LTD. // TORONTO, CAN. // VOLTS 110"; engraved on plug: "BRYANT"; (c) embossed on base: "FOR USE // WITH // DIXIE // CUPS // INDIVIDUAL DRINKING CUP CO. INC. // PAT. SEPT. 6. 1921 NICKEL PLATE"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C6-1
Condition Remarks
Rubber wire stiff; metal tarnished on all pieces; felt worn off bottom of (a) in places; knob loose on (a)
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Reference Comments
Dr. P. Ralph Crawford
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; this item was donated by Dr. Don Lauriente from British Columbia; this water heater would have been used chair-side for patients to drink heated water