Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020500 a-f
Description
Interchangeable toothbrush has an orange plastic handle (a) which tapers at the base and has a silver metal top; handle screws into the silver metal brush holder (b) which is has a small base and an oblong hole in the centre; the toothbrush head (c) is made of a white french ivory base with white p…
Interchangeable toothbrush has an orange plastic handle (a) which tapers at the base and has a silver metal top; handle screws into the silver metal brush holder (b) which is has a small base and an oblong hole in the centre; the toothbrush head (c) is made of a white french ivory base with white plastic bristles and has the comapny name printed on the back in black ink; head fits inside the brush holder and is held in place when (a) and (b) are screwed together; toothbrush comes with an unopened replacement head (d) identical to (c) and is inside an orange and white paper package with clear plastic covering the ends; all components come inside a rectangular silver metal box with two sections (e-f); box top (e) has a red decorative design around the edges and product information also in red engraved on the outside, inside, there is a white sticker with red ink with product information in english, french and italian; box bottom (f) is lined with light brown cork and has small metal dividers welded to the inside.
Number Of Parts
6
Part Names
a - handle - Size: Length 14.5 cm x Width 1.0 cm x Depth 1.2 cm
b - brush holder - Size: Length 5.9 cm x Width 1.2 cm x Depth 0.6 cm
c - brush head - Size: Length 4.0 cm x Width 1.6 cm x Depth 1.1 cm
d - extra brush head in package - Size: Length 4.2 cm x Width 1.9 cm x Depth 1.2 cm
e - box top - Size: Length 19.7 cm x Width 3.5 cm x Depth 1.1 cm
f - box bottom - Size: Length 19.5 cm x Width 3.4 cm x Depth 1.5 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa); inside the box there was the name and address of Dr. Pierre Laplante from Quebec
Printed on the back of (c) in black ink: "Dr. Lenief"; printed on the proper left hand side of (d): "EXIGER // LA SIGNATURE // Docteur Lenief"; printed on the proper right hand side of (d): "CETTE BANDE // EST LA GARANTIE QUE LES // BROSSES DE CETTE BOITE // ONT ETE STERILISEES"; engraved on top of (e): "BROSSE A DENTS INTERCHANGEABLE // du DOCTEUR LENIEF de la FACULTE de MEDECINE de PARIS // - Bte FRANCE et ETRANGER -"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-2
Condition Remarks
Bristles on (c) are brown at the bottom; (e-f) shows minor scratches, small dents and slight discolouration all over; cork inside (f) has cracked and broken into two pieces and has come un-glued.
Copy Type
Original
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. C. Lee Hickling from Kenmore, Ontario; advertisements for this toothbrush were found but no company information was located