Preview
Type of Object
Crown holder
Date of Manufacture
1897
Physical Details
Single piece holder for dental crowns and bridge sections. Heavy, dark wood handle is attached to a six pronged apparatus for grasping items. A steel ring of uniform size with two ancillary steel catches pushes prongs together or allows them to fall apart to either grasp and hold or let go. Ring is stamped with: "Pat. June 20-97 Ivory."
Dimensions
1.4 cm. x 15 cm. x 2.5 cm.
Medical Subject
Dentistry, operative
Accession Number
1984.15.41
Genre
medical equipment
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: Crown Holder, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00075.jpg