M0017385EB: Porcelain denture, gums coloured pink: inside view

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Porcelain denture, gums coloured pink.

Photograph of the inside view of an upper denture, c.1850, showing the lingual surface and a strengthening band, possibly made of platinum. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem at an unknown point and accessioned in 1959 (accession number R73/1959). It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0017385EA

1959

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R73/1959

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.