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    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 (L x W x H)

    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

    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

    Accessibility Note

    Content is digitally accessible 2010.

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