Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020368 a-b
Description
Brown metal dental articulator; base (a) with flat, hollow circle and raised back; bent rectangular piece of metal hinged to back of base; flat hollow top (b) with circle divided into two sections slides onto rectangular piece of metal, held in place via screw with heart-shaped handle; top sits par…
Brown metal dental articulator; base (a) with flat, hollow circle and raised back; bent rectangular piece of metal hinged to back of base; flat hollow top (b) with circle divided into two sections slides onto rectangular piece of metal, held in place via screw with heart-shaped handle; top sits parallel to the base and ground
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - base - Size: Length 10.5 cm x Width 8.0 cm x Depth 6.2 cm
b - top - Size: Length 7.7 cm x Width 5.1 cm x Depth 0.5 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Dates
1880
1920
circa 1880-1920
Date Remarks
Based on supplier's catalogue
Material
metal: brown
Inscriptions
(a) Scratched into sides: "VI M.D.L.G."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C6-1
Condition Remarks
Metal tarnished, pitted, some corrosion
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Book
Reference Comments
Dr. Ralph Crawford; “S.S. White Dental Catalog, Catalog-L”, S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 1914, p. 29 (similar to model #3); "A Catalogue of Artificial Teeth, Dental Materials...", Claudius Ash & Sons, 1880, p. 231 (similar to #76, 77)
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. Ralph Crawford from Winnipeg, Manitoba; he describes it as a Stephan articulator, an early model of a simple hinged articulator; it bears a strong resemblance to the no. 3 articulator found in a 1914 S.S. White catalogue, where it is described as complete, convenient and low-priced; similar designs, by a Mr. Smith and by Snow and Lewis, are also found in a 1880 Claudius Ash catalogue