ASH SONS CLAUDIUS A Catalogue of Artificial Teeth [etc] 1

Sale 1979 - Lot 443

Price Realized: $ 345

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250

ASH & SONS, CLAUDIUS. A Catalogue of Artificial Teeth, Dental Materials, Instruments, Tools, Furniture, &c. Folding frontispiece view of the Ash factory (with portion missing) * Catalogue of Dental Materials. Together, 2 volumes, profusely illustrated. 8vo, original cloth, worn; some foxing and stains. London, 1875; 1899

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

"Claudius Ash, who industrialized the dental kilns operated in London by other French immigrants after Dubois de Chémant, was . . . initially a goldsmith. He became the founder of the British international firm of Ash, Sons, and Co., which produced the first truly high-quality teeth, starting around 1837"--Hoffmann-Axthelm, page 260.