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LicensePartial upper and lower denture, with springs, lower of ivory
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Partial upper and lower denture, with springs, lower of ivory, repaired, upper of swaged metal, by Gabriel, with platinum tube anteriors and ivory posteriors, 1856-1880
The lower plate of this denture is made of ivory. It is attached to the silver alloy upper plate by coil springs. The lower plate has been repaired at some point. It possibly pre-dates the upper one. The front teeth on the upper plate are made of porcelain. Porcelain eventually replaced human teeth and ivory in dentures. The first individual porcelain teeth were made by Italian dentist Guiseppangelo Fonzi (1768-1840) in 1808.
Details
- Category:
- Dentistry
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A622099
- Materials:
- lower, ivory, upper, metal (alloy), upper, ivory and upper, porcelain
- Measurements:
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overall - current: 24 mm x 101 mm x 53 mm, .04 kg
overall - previous: 22 mm x 55 mm x 100 mm, .05 kg
- type:
- artificial teeth
