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[Spoon Excavator]

Spoon excavator with a mother-of-pearl handle decorated with carved cross-hatching and floral patterns and a red jewel at the base of the handle. A second jewel is missing in the center of the handle.
Date: unknown
Creator: Samuel Stockton White Dental Manufacturing Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tongue Depresser]

Tongue depressor carved from mother-of-pearl with two purple jewels and star shaped carvings on one side. The reverse is smooth.
Date: unknown
Creator: Samuel Stockton White Dental Manufacturing Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Dental Instruments]

Group of four dental instruments that have handles made of decoratively-carved mother-of-pearl with jewels. From the bottom to top: a spoon excavator, a hand-held mirror, a second spoon excavator, and a tongue depressor.
Date: unknown
Creator: Samuel Stockton White Dental Manufacturing Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hand-Held Mirror]

Round, hand-held mirror set in mother-of-pearl, with a mother-of-pearl handle. The border around the mirror is decorated with three red jewels spaced around the sides and top, and a fish motif carved below the base of the mirror. The brass band between the handle and the mirror has 1 red jewel and 2 purple jewels.
Date: unknown
Creator: Samuel Stockton White Dental Manufacturing Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spoon Excavator]

Spoon excavator with a mother-of-pearl handle carved with a fish motif. It is missing the only jewel on one side.
Date: unknown
Creator: Samuel Stockton White Dental Manufacturing Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mortar and Pestle]

Small mortar and pestle used to triturate (grind) silver amalgam for dental restorations.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History