Hand stopper

Maker
1. De Trey and Co Ltd
2. P. A. Kolliker & Co.
Date
Circa 1895
 Description
Part of a set. More modern instruments than Dental Museum Collection items 456 to 463. Instruments have a similar function but are for gold and amalgam having a lighter handle for finer precision touch. Finger used instead of hand. Very well made instruments, most are named and have ebony, steel or vulcanite handles. Contra angled. Note, some catalogues refer to these instruments (stoppers) as 'pluggers'.
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Object detail

Maker
Date
Circa 1895
Measurements
14.5 x 1.5 cm
Accession Number
HFA464
Inscriptions
maker's mark ▫ No 23. P. A. KOLLIKER & CO. DE TREY'S PATENT NO 878759
Maltese Cross
Object Type
instruments
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum Category
Conservative Dentistry
Museum
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum

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