Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020534 a-s
Description
Dental base plates come in a cream coloured, rectangular cardboard box with blue paper covering the outside; box top (a) has a white sticker printed on in blue ink with a blue and light green border; the product and company information is printed on both sides and the top; there are two semi-circul…
Dental base plates come in a cream coloured, rectangular cardboard box with blue paper covering the outside; box top (a) has a white sticker printed on in blue ink with a blue and light green border; the product and company information is printed on both sides and the top; there are two semi-circular cutouts on the long edges; box bottom (b) is also covered in blue paper and has two rectangular white stickers stuck to the bottom on either end leaving the blue paper exposed in between; there are 17 base plates in total, 15 identical upper base plates (c-q) which are made of hard brown vulcanite and cut in a rounded trapezoid like shape; all upper base plates are stamped with a logo which consists of the letters 'DS' in a circle with a small 'c' to the right; there are two lower base plates (r-s) which are also brown and made of hard vulcanite but are cut in a 'U' shape with ends that flare out slightly.
Number Of Parts
19
Part Names
a - box top - Size: Length 11.5 cm x Width 8.7 cm x Depth 2.7 cm
b - box bottom - Size: Length 10.5 cm x Width 8.0 cm x Depth 2.7 cm
c - upper base plate - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
d - upper base plate - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
e - upper base plate - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
f - upper base plate - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
g - upper base plate - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
h - upper base plate - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
i - upper base plate - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
j - upper base plate - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
k - upper base plate - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
l - upper base plate - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
m - upper base plate - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
n - upper base plate - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
o - upper base plate - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
p - upper base plate - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
q - upper base plate - Size: Length 9.8 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
r - lower base plate - Size: Length 9.4 cm x Width 6.5 cm x Depth 0.2 cm
s - lower base plate - Size: Length 9.4 cm x Width 6.5 cm x Depth 0.2 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
Maker
The Ash-Temple Co. Ltd.
Dates
1930
1940
circa 1930-1940
Date Remarks
Based on company information and donor's remarks
Material
vulcanite: brown
cardboard: cream
paper: blue, white
ink: blue, green
Inscriptions
Printed on the top of (a): "18 // BASE PLATES // MADE EXPRESSLY FOR // The ASH-TEMPLE Co., Ltd."; handwritten on the top of (a): "T"; printed on both sides of (a): "18 // BASE PLATES // The ASH-TEMPLE Co. Ltd. // Lower UPPERS"; stamped into (c-q): "DS" in a circle "c" to the right of the circle
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-2
Condition Remarks
Box top and bottom show wear; there is staining on (a) and the label has begun to peel off; (b) has stains on the bottom and the inside; base plates all have small white residue on them.
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; dental base plates are melted to form the base of dentures; the Ash-Temple Co. was formed in 1923 when Claudius Ash merged his company with H.P. Temple Co.