Skip to content
History of Science Museum

Dental Scaling Set, Used by John Soper Streeter, English, c. 1840

Inventory Number 54169


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.54169

Subject
Medicine
Item type
Object
Provenance
Associated with John Soper Streeter; Donated by Revd Dr B H Streeter
Dimensions
Height: 65mm Width: 55mm Depth: 20mm
Inventory No
54169
Accession Number
1926-11

Description

Dental scaling set c.1840 with an ivory handle and 8 metal scaling tools, in a leather case lined with bronze-coloured felt, with a mirror in the lid and a felt flap to protect the mirror. Used by John Soper Street, F.R.C.S.