Dental Pluggers (4)
Dental Pluggers (4)
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- Description
- Four dental pluggers with ebony handles. The “L. & W. / PHILA.” inscriptions refer to Lukens & Whittington, a dental supply house established in Philadelphia in 1866. The partners were Anson R. Lukens (1830-1906) and James Whittington.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- pluggers
- Measurements
- overall - average: 6 3/8 in x 1/4 in; x 16.1925 cm x.635 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-08130
- catalog number
- M-08130
- accession number
- 218383
- Credit Line
- Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Dentistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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