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Appliance for rubberdam and floss silk

HC.J.10.X.19

Appliance for rubberdam and floss silk. Designed by Isaiah Forbes for facilitating the application of rubberdam to the teeth: also used as a carrier for floss-silk. Longitudinally ribbed hippopotamus ivory handle with gold ferrule and a two-pronged tip. Marked: SSW HC (*Samuel Stockton White, *Henry Coy). Late XIXth cent

Nineteenth century, late