Figure group: 'The Toothdrawer', Berlin, 1870-1880
- maker:
- Raimondo Pereda
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Figure group 'The Toothdrawer', spelter, by R. Pereda, cast by Werch Glinniche, Berlin, 1870-1880
This zinc statue shows a middle aged workman, possibly a blacksmith, extracting a patient’s tooth with a hook. From the patient’s facial expression, it is obvious he is in a lot of pain and has to be held down by the blacksmith. Tooth pulling could be carried out by a number of people, including barber-surgeons, travelling practitioners and blacksmiths. Dentistry did not become a regulated and licensed profession until the late 1800s. The sculpture is signed by Raimondo Pereda (1840-1915), a Swiss artist.
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The ToothdrawerDetails
- Category:
- Dentistry
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A630108
- Materials:
- spelter
- Measurements:
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overall: 450 mm x 270 mm x 480 mm, 16 kg
- type:
- cast, figure group and sculpture
- credit:
- Loan, Wellcome Trust
