An early eighteenth-century denture from Rochester, Kent, England

• Autores: T. Anderson, Sonia O'Connor, A.R. Ogden
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 78, Nº 302, 2004, págs. 858-864
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The authors report an unusual denture, fashioned from elephant ivory and designed for someone who had probably lost their teeth. It was found in a latrine pit together with pottery and tobacco pipes, indicating that it had belonged to a wealthy tea-drinker of the early eighteenth century.