Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020213
Description
Silver metal dental gold foil mallet; octagonal handle with bulbous end tapers to cylindrical handle; mallet head is tapered in the middle; one round black metal end; one round silver metal end.
Silver metal dental gold foil mallet; octagonal handle with bulbous end tapers to cylindrical handle; mallet head is tapered in the middle; one round black metal end; one round silver metal end.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
MHC 2017 Public Program: Seniors Program - Say Cheese: History of Dentures and Dental Health, July 2017
Dimension Notes
Length 16.0 cm x Width 3.2 cm x Depth 2.6 cm
Condition Remarks
Some corrosion on handle; melted metal remnants over one end of mallet; other end of mallet heavily scratched
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
JPG
Reference Comments
"The Finest Instruments Ever Made", Audrey B. Davis and Mark S. Dreyfuss, 1986, p. 138; “S.S. White Dental Catalog, Catalog-G”, S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 1915, p. 30 (similar to No. 5)
CD #10
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 mallet would be used with metal plugger points to pack gold into dental fillings