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Manufacturer: John Cosnell & Co Ltd
This is a seldom found top and bottom ceramic toothpaste jar from England. It has a great image on the top of the lid for the pot.
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Cherry Tooth Paste Patronized by the Queen. For the beautifying and preserving the teeth & gums. London .
Toothpowder or dentifrice was first available in Britain in the late eighteenth century. It came in a ceramic pot and was available either as a powder or paste. The rich applied it with brushes and the poor with their fingers.
Modern toothpastes were developed in the 1800s. A dentist called Peabody was the first to add soap to toothpaste in 1824. Chalk was first added to toothpaste by John Harris in the 1850s. In 1873, toothpaste was first mass-produced into nice smelling toothpaste in a jar. In 1892, Dr. Washington Sheffield of Connecticut was the first to put toothpaste into a collapsible tube.
The jar has some minor nicks as expected in a piece of this age. There is also some discoloration which looks like beige paint. No cracks or repairs. It measures 3 2/8th across and about 1.5 inches high. This is a seldom found item that will enhance your collection! |
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