Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020350 a-c
Description
Box of dental swager blocks for use with a swaging kit; rectangular brown cardboard box (a) and lid (b); label on top of lid printed with black ink states product and manufacturing information; 89 brown wooden cylindrical swager blocks (c) inside box; blocks taper slightly at one end, with four sma…
Box of dental swager blocks for use with a swaging kit; rectangular brown cardboard box (a) and lid (b); label on top of lid printed with black ink states product and manufacturing information; 89 brown wooden cylindrical swager blocks (c) inside box; blocks taper slightly at one end, with four small circular indents on smaller ends
Number Of Parts
3
Part Names
a - box - Size: Length 24.0 cm x Width 11.8 cm x Depth 4.5 cm
b - lid - Size: Length 24.2 cm x Width 12.0 cm x Depth 2.0 cm
c - block - Size: Depth 2.1 cm x Diam. 2.4 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
(b) Printed on top of lid: "DENTAL SWAGER BLOCKS // MADE BY // THE CENTRAL TOOL CO. // AUBURN, R. I., U. S. A. // PATENTED APRIL 15, 1913"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-1
Condition Remarks
Box (a) and lid (b) are very worn, dirty; lid ripped in corner; box detached at one corner
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
JPG
Reference Comments
CD #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; this item was donated by Dr. Larry Talarico from Victoria, British Columbia; this item goes with a die swaging kit donated by Dr. Talarico