Dental Tools

Dental Tools

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Description
Dental tools with ivory handles, some with a “J. BIDDLE-N.Y.” inscription. John Biddle was an dental instrument maker in New York active in the mid-nineteenth century.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
?
foil trimmers
Other Terms
?; Dentistry
Measurements
overall - average: 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 13.97 cm
overall - each: 1/4 in x 5 5/8 in; x.635 cm x 14.2875 cm
ID Number
MG.M-08095
catalog number
M-08095
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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