Dental Articulator

Dental Articulator

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Description
The donor termed this a crown articulator. It may have been sold by the Blue Island Specialty Co., a firm that sold supplies for dentists and orthodontists, and that was established in Blue Island, Ill. in 1898. This firm was using the term BISCO by the 1920s.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
articulators
Other Terms
Dentistry
maker
Blue Island Specialty Co.
Measurements
overall: 1 3/4 in x 3 in x 1 1/2 in; 4.4196 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.81 cm
ID Number
MG.M-08864
catalog number
M-08864
accession number
218383
Credit Line
Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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