Full lower denture

Maker
Gordon Carlyle Marshall (b.1913, d.1985)
Date
1942-1945
 Description
Captain Marshall cast this aluminium denture while he was a prisoner of war in Ambon, Indonesia, during World War Two. The aluminium was salvaged from army water bottles and scrap plane metal. The denture replaces the upper teeth except for two 8s (eights), and shows wear on the oeclusal surfaces and evidence of sand casting.
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Object detail

Maker
Date
1942-1945
Medium
aluminium
Measurements
2.0 x 7.0 x 4.5 cm
Accession Number
HFA259
Credit Line
Gift of family of Captain Gordon Carlyle Marshall, 2004
Inscriptions
original/labels ▫ Denture cast by Captain G. Marshall AADC when P.O.W. Ambonica. Cast from aeroplane scrap and sand.
Object Type
prostheses
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum Category
History
Museum
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum

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