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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2015

T. Anderson ,
S. O’Connor  and
A.R. Ogden
T. Anderson
Affiliation:
MA Vichy House 15 St Mary’s Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2QL, UK (Email: anderson.trevor@tiscali.co.uk)
S. O’Connor
Affiliation:
ACR FIIC Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, UK (Email: s.oconnor@bradford.ac.uk)
A.R. Ogden
Affiliation:
BDS BA MSc DDSc DRDRCS Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, UK (Email: a.r.ogden@bradford.ac.uk)
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Eighteenth centuryEnglandRochesterdentureelephant ivory
Type
Research Article
Information
Antiquity , Volume 78 , Issue 302 , December 2004 , pp. 858 - 864
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2004

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