Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020414 a-f
Description
Dental tooth-form set in brown wooden case; rectangular case (a) with two yellow metal hinges and locking clasp closure at one side; white rectangular paper with manufacturer's information, instructions and photographs of each tooth-form, printed with black and red ink, affixed inside lid; white pa…
Dental tooth-form set in brown wooden case; rectangular case (a) with two yellow metal hinges and locking clasp closure at one side; white rectangular paper with manufacturer's information, instructions and photographs of each tooth-form, printed with black and red ink, affixed inside lid; white paper label covers bottom of case, numbers each tooth-form; cut-out circles and spaces for brown metal tooth-forms and tools; cylindrical swager (b) with one flat end, one round end; hollow cylindrical ring (c); smaller ring with wooden swager block inside (d); wrench with cylindrical handle attached to bolt with octagonal end (e); 150 tooth-forms (f) with various shaped models of each tooth mounted on cylindrical bases
Number Of Parts
6
Part Names
a - case - Size: Length 43.5 cm x Width 18.0 cm x Depth 5.3 cm
b - swager - Size: Length 6.7 cm x Diam. 1.8 cm
c - ring - Size: Depth 2.9 cm x Diam. 3.2 cm
d - ring - Size: Depth 2.1 cm x Diam. 2.6 cm
e - wrench - Size: Length 6.0 cm x Width 3.0 cm x Depth 1.0 cm
f - largest tooth - Size: Length 2.5 cm x Width 1.1 cm x Depth 0.9 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
(a) Printed on paper inside case: "Made by // THE CENTRAL TOOL COMPANY // AUBURN, R. I. // U. S. A. // (Patented Sept. 27, 1910) // THE S.S. WHITE DENTAL MFG. CO. // Sole Sales Agent // 03120 A"; stamped on top of case, inside case: "Dr. K.L.M. Wallace CD B Sc DDS // 11117 - 57 AVENUE // EDMONTON, ALBERTA T6H 0Z7"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-1
Condition Remarks
Most metal is tarnished; wooden case (a) is worn, scratched, dented; paper inside case is faded, dirty; one hook closure missing at front
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
JPG
Reference Comments
“S.S. White Dental Catalog, Catalog-G”, S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 1915, p.58
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. Ken Wallace from Edmonton, Alberta; the 1915 catalogue entry for this product states that a seamless gold shell could be shaped into a crown ready to trim in five minutes