Personal dental descaler set
- Made:
- 1780-1820
Personal dental descaler set, in sharkskin case, red velvet lining, 7 steel instruments, steel socket handle, reputedly used by Dr. William Warden on the teeth of Napoleon Bonaparte, English, 1780-1820
Details
- Category:
- Dentistry
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A620862
- Materials:
- case, sharkskin, covering, case, wood, lining, velvet and instrument, steel
- Measurements:
-
case: length 39 mm
case: width 75 mm
case: height 20 mm
instrument, assembled: length 106 mm
- type:
- dental descaler sets