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OBJECT TYPE: RUBBER OR CELLULOID WORK
DATE: 1910–1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0345.001

MANUFACTURER: GIARDON, G. ANTOINE
MODEL: 4
LOCATION: Switzerland

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 14.1 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Dentistry
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: GIARDON
Country: Switzerland
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY C.1910-1930S, AND POSSIBLY LATER
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF DENTAL & DENTURE MAKING EQ. ORIGINALLY USED/ ASSEMBLED BY P. HANNAFORD. MR. HANNAFORD WORKED IN THE DENTAL INDUSTRY FOR MANY YEARS. C.1916-17 HE WAS HIRED BY ALLEN & ROLLASTON, LTD. TORONTO. OTTAWA LAB. EST'D. 1929; & LABS. OPERATED IN HAMILTON & MONTREAL. C.1967 A&R LTD. SOLD TO SHAW DENTAL LABS.
Function: FOR FILING & FINISHING OF DENTURES, DENTAL FORMS, APPLIANCES, ETC.
Technical: TYPE SAMPLES OF HALF-ROUND FILES USED IN DENTAL & DENTURE MAKING WORK
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: '4' & FISH MOTIF INCISED ON COARSE FILE FACE; 'G.ANTOINE GIARDON/ A [-] VALLOIRRES/ MADE IN SCHWITZERLAN[D]' STAMPED IN REVERSE
Missing: NONE, HOWEVER .2 DESIGNED FOR USE WITH WOODEN (?) HANDLE
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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GIARDON, G. ANTOINE, File, circa 1910–1930, Artifact no. 1989.0345, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0345.001/

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