Object Details
- Description
- Dental forceps with a “BLAKE & CO.” inscription. Charles A. Blake (d. 1903) and Alfred C. Blake established a dental supply firm in Philadelphia in 1858 by By 1881, that firm was Blake, Fleer & Co.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/8 in x 7 in; x 3.4925 cm x 17.78 cm
- Object Name
- forceps, dental extraction
- Other Terms
- Dentistry
