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![[TATTOO]. Electro-Magnetic Dental Mallet. S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company: United States, 1870s.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/3880/38807654.jpeg?t=1WYYwd)
Lot 168
[TATTOO]. Electro-Magnetic Dental Mallet. S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company: United States, 1870s.
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
Unsold
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[TATTOO]. Electro-Magnetic Dental Mallet. S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company: United States, 1870s. Designed by Arthur W. Browne, Prince's Bay, NY, and John W. Gilbert, Philadelphia, this early tattooing device was manufactured primarily as a dental tooth-filling device, used to drive gold, silver, or amalgam into cavities. Mallet marked with manufacturer's logo of the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company and patent dates Jan 26, 1876, Dec. 14, 1875, and Feb. 15, 1876. Approx. 6 1/2 x 2 x 1".
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