Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020356
Description
Silver metal tooth forceps; one handle curves inward then flares out at end; the other with a more pronounced curve at end; both with rounded ends and cross-pattern etching in the middle for grip; handles are hinged together at top; tips curve upward and to one side; tips have matching pointed ends…
Silver metal tooth forceps; one handle curves inward then flares out at end; the other with a more pronounced curve at end; both with rounded ends and cross-pattern etching in the middle for grip; handles are hinged together at top; tips curve upward and to one side; tips have matching pointed ends with slight depressions on the inside
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Plating gone inside tips; metal slightly tarnished
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
“S.S. White Dental Catalog, Catalog-D”, S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 1916, p. 10 (similar to model #15)
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; these forceps are most likely to be used on lower molars
Exhibit History
On loan to Kingston Association of Museums for exhibit at Fort Henry L-2022-6 16 May – 1 Dec 2022.
On loan to Kingston Association of Museums for exhibit at Fort Henry L-2021-1 14 May – 31 Oct 2021.