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Dental pot lid for Dr. I.W. Lyon's Tooth Tablets with image of woman. [on lid] DR. I.W. LYON'S TOOTH TABLETS FOR CLEANSING & BEAUTIFYING THE TEETH AND PURIFYING THE BREATH [with trademark] [on bottom] SOMERS BROS. FINE METAL BOXES BROOKLYN, N.Y. [Oval; metal, colored green, with black lettering, image, and designs]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for California Tooth Tablet with C P Co trademark in upper right corner, with "EUREKA." [on lid] CALIFORNIA TOOTH TABLET MAKES THE TEETH PEARLY WHITE, AND THE GUMS HARD AND HEALTHY / REMOVES THE TARTAR, ARRESTS DECAY, STRICTLY PURE. CALIFORNIA PERFUME CO. NEW YORK / [?] BY CALIFORNIA PERFUME CO. UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT JUNE 30, 1906. SERIAL NO 3[8?]09 [at edges of lid] WET THE BRUSH / RUB ON THE TABLET AND APPLY / USE FLANNEL FOR / TENDER GUMS, UNTIL HEALED [at edges of bottom] CALIFORNIA TOOTH TABLET / MOST PERFECT DENTIFRICE [Rectangular; metal lid colored green and gold, with glass bottom]
Date: circa 1906
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Dental pot lid for Edward Cook's Hygienic Tooth Soap. [on lid] EDWARD COOK'S HYGIENIC TOOTH SOAP / RECOMMENDED BY THE DENTAL PROFESSION. LONDON, E. [Rectangular; white ceramic with black lettering]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Oriental Tooth Paste with emblem of lion and unicorn. [on emblem] DIEU ET MON DROIT / HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE [on lid] ORIENTAL TOOTH PASTE FOR CLEANSING BEAUTIFYING AND PRESERVING THE TEETH & GUMS / BY APPOINTMENT / PREPARED BY JEWSBURY & BROWN / ARDWICK GREEN / MANCHESTER / ENGLAND [Round; white ceramic with black lettering and image, marbled with black on side.; A[?] stamped on bottom]. English translation of French text: GOD AND MY RIGHT / ASHAMED BE HE WHO THINKS EVIL OF IT.
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Lee's Tooth Soap with L trademark in cursive lettering. [on lid] LEE'S WITCH HAZEL ANTISEPTIC TOOTH SOAP / LEE MFG. CO., CHICAGO / DIRECTIONS: DAMPEN THE BRUSH AND RUB FREELY ACROSS THE SURFACE OF THE SOAP. USE ONCE A DAY OR OFTENER AND A PEARLY WHITENESS WILL SOON BE THE RESULT. THE WITCH HAZEL ANTISEPTIC TOOTH SOAP KEEPS THE MOUTH HEALTHY [on bottom] WITCH HAZEL ANTISEPTIC TOOTH SOAP. A PERFECT ARTICLE FOR CLEANSING THE TEETH, PERFUMING THE BREATH, AND A GREAT HELP IN THE PRESERVATION OF THE TEETH [Rectangular; metal colored red, with black lettering]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Bridges' Dentifrice. [on lid] BRIDGES' DENTIFRICE. FOR PRESERVING THE TEETH & GUMS / MANUFACTURED BY M. K. BRIDGES / BROOKLYN, N.Y. [Round; white ceramic with blue lettering]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Vinolia Dentifrice. [on lid] PREMIER / CONTAINS NO GRIT OR MINERAL ACIDS / "VINOLIA" DENTIFRICE / AROMATIC / FLORAL / REFRESHING / PRESERVATIVE / VINOLIA CO. LTD. LONDON [advertisements for Vinolia products on side, many of which are repeated on bottom] [on bottom] VINOLIA CO. LTD / PREPARATIONS / VINOLIA CREAM / FOR ITCHING AND SKIN IRRITATION / VINOLIA POWDER / FOR TOILET, NURSERY & C. FOR REDNESS AND SWEATING SURFACES / VINOLIA DENTIFRICE / (ENGLISH & AMERICAN) KEEPS THE TEETH IVORY WHITE / VINOLIA SHAVING SOAP / (STICKS AND FLAT CAKES) DOES NOT DULL RAZOR OR IRRITATE SKIN / VINOLIA SOAP / PREMIER (FOR THE MILLION) FLORAL, MEDICAL (BALSAMIC), TOILET (OTTO OF ROSE) VESTAL. / LYPSYL (WHITE & RED) / A CORALLINE EMOLLIENT FOR THE LIPS / VINOLIA PERFUMES / FRAGRANT, REFRESHING, PURE [Round; metal with paper label, colored gold]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid. [on lid] TOOTH POWDER [Round; wood with paper label, colored green]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Eucryl Tooth Powder. [on lid] EUCRYL TOOTH POWDER / FRAGRANT / ANTISEPTIC / CLEANSING / MADE IN ENGLAND / PRESERVES THE TEETH. PRICE 7 1/2 PENCE [on image of red snake] EUCRYL [Round; brown metal with cream top, red and black lettering]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Calvert's Carbolic Tooth Paste. [on lid] CALVERT'S CARBOLIC TOOTH PASTE / ONE SHILLING [trade mark showing four arrows in circle, pointed out from center] [Round; white ceramic with black lettering; 2[?] stamped on bottom]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Royal Tooth Paste. [on label] ESTABLISHED 1822 / THE ROYAL TOOTH PASTE PREPARED ONLY BY SMITH & GOVAN CHEMISTS / ST. ANDREWS [emblem with lion and unicorn] DIEU ET MON DROIT / HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE [Square; white ceramic with black lettering]. English translation of French text: GOD AND MY RIGHT / ASHAMED BE HE WHO THINKS EVIL OF IT.
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Pamphlet entitled Good Teeth, by L.T. Sheffield, DMD, B.F. Allen Company, No. 365 Canal Street, New York, copyright 1894 (B.F. Allen Company); with pot of Dr. Sheffield's Crême Dentifrice
Date: circa 1894
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Pamphlet entitled Bad Teeth, by L.T. Sheffield, DMD, 26 West 32nd Street, New York, copyright 1896; with pot of Dr. Sheffield's Crême Dentifrice.
Date: circa 1894
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Dental pot lid for Dr. Sheffield's Crême Dentifrice with image of girl. [on lid] DR. SHEFFIELD'S CRÊME DENTIFRICE FOR CLEANSING THE TEETH AND PERFUMING THE BREATH AND PREVENTING DEPOSITS OF TARTAR ON THE TEETH / B.F. ALLEN & CO. SOLE AGENTS. 365 & 367 CANAL ST NEW YORK [on side] SEND FOR PAMPHLET / DR. SHEFFIELD'S TEETH WITHOUT PLATES. 25 WEST 32ND. ST. N.Y. [Round; paperboard with paper labels; brown with white top; contains two pamphlets]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid. [on lid] VIOLET TOOTH POWDER [Round; covered with colored paper; lid is white with blue lettering and gold accents]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Purified Charcoal Tooth Paste. [on lid] PURIFIED CHARCOAL TOOTH PASTE FOR CLEANSING THE TEETH AND GUMS, AND PURIFYING THE BREATH / PREPARED BY X. BAZAN PERFUMER / PHILADELPHIA [Rectangular; white ceramic with blue lettering; lacks pot]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for British Antiseptic Dentifrice. [on lid] BRITISH ANTISEPTIC DENTIFRICE / PREPARED FROM THE ORIGINAL RECIPE OF THE LATE DR. W.T. CONWAY BY HIS IMMEDIATE SUCCESSOR T. KIDDER / BOSTON, MASS. / PRICE 50 CTS. [Round; wood with paper label]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid. [on lid] FINE TOOTH POWDER [Round; ceramic colored dark brown with white trim at rim]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Purified Charcoal Tooth Paste. [on lid] GENERAL DÉPÔT IN PHILAD[ELPHI]A / PURIFIED CHARCOAL TOOTH PASTE / A NEW DENTIFRICE PREPARED BY JULES HAUËL PERFUMER AND CHEMIST / 120 CHESNUT STREET / PREMIUMS AWARDED [Square; white ceramic with blue lettering; lacks pot]
Date: circa mid-nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Alexandra Cherry Paste with image of Princess Alexandra of Denmark on her marriage to the Prince of Wales, 10 March 1863. [on lid] THE CELEBRATED ALEXANDRA CHERRY PASTE FOR THE TEETH AND GUMS / 246 REGENT STREET, LONDON. PREPARED BY PRICE & CO. LATE PRICE & COSNELL / PERFUMERS TO THE ROYAL FAMILY [Round, white ceramic with black lettering and image; lacks pot]
Date: after March 1863
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Dental pot lid for Carbolic Tooth Powder. [on lid] CARBOLIC TOOTH POWDER [emblem showing castle with] JUSTITIA TURRIS NOSTRA / ALEX S. REID DISPENSING CHEMIST / 411 MARE STREET / HACKNEY, LONDON, N.E. [Round; brown metal with red top]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Thymo Eucalyptus Tooth Paste. [on lid] THYMO EUCALYPTUS TOOTH PASTE / A POWERFUL & PLEASANT PRESERVATIVE FOR THE TEETH. [Square; white ceramic with green lettering]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Woods Cherry Tooth Paste. [on lid] WOODS CHERRY / 6D / TOOTH PASTE / FOR REMOVING TARTAR AND WHITENING THE TEETH WITHOUT INJURING THE ENAMEL / PROPRIETOR W.WOODS CHEMIST / PLYMOUTH [Round, white ceramic with red lettering; possible stamp in bottom]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Boval Cherry Tooth Paste with "BOVAL" trademark. [on lid] CHERRY TOOTH PASTE / AN AGREEABLE & ELEGANT PREPARATION FOR CLEANSING & PRESERVING THE TEETH & GUMS [Rectangular. white ceramic with black lettering]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Alexandra Cherry Tooth Paste showing vignette of woman against mauve background. [on lid] THE ALEXANDRA CHERRY TOOTH PASTE FOR BEAUTIFYING AND PRESERVING THE TEETH & GUMS / PREPARED BY ALFRED FELTON / MELBOURNE [Round. white ceramic with gold ring, colored green and mauve on lid]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Circassian Tooth Powder. [on lid] CIRCASSIAN TOOTH POWDER [Round. wooden, with green and gold paper label]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Cherry Tooth Paste showing trademark with dragon and unicorn facing each other with building in background, with Chinese characters on either side. [on lid] CHERRY TOOTH PASTE PREPARED ONLY BY A.S. WATSON & Co. LIMITED / HONG KONG CHINA & MANILA [Round. white with black lettering and gold ring. lacks pot]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Cherry Tooth Paste. [on lid] CHERRY TOOTH PASTE STRENGTHENS THE GUMS, PRESERVES & BEAUTIFIES THE TEETH [Square. cream ceramic with black lettering. red discoloration at right]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Cherry Tooth Paste with bust of woman in profile at center. [on lid] CHERRY TOOTH PASTE FOR BEAUTIFYING AND PRESERVING THE TEETH & GUMS / PREPARED BY JOHN COSNELL & CO / LONDON / PATRONIZED BY THE QUEEN [Round. white ceramic colored green and bronze on lid]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid with central vignette of man rowing boat with three passengers [on lid] CHERRY TOOTH PASTE FOR PRESERVING AND BEAUTIFYING THE TEETH / PARIS ET CHAUVIN ET CIE / LONDRES [Round; cream ceramic with black lettering and image; stamp on bottom]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Alexandra Tooth Paste with vignette of woman, possibly Princess Alexandra of Denmark, on her marriage to the Prince of Wales (10 March 1863) [on lid] DR ZIEMER'S ALEXANDRA TOOTH PASTE / MATCHLESS FOR BEAUTIFYING AND PRESERVING THE TEETH & GUMS / LONDON [Round. white ceramic with black lettering and image. stamp on bottom]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Dr. Allport's Dentifrice with trademark showing scales and oil lamp with text: EXPERTO CREDE [on lid] DR ALLPORTS DENTIFRICE FOR CLEANSING BEAUTIFYING AND PRESERVING THE TEETH & GUMS / PREPARED BY E.H. SARGENT & CO CHEMISTS / CHICAGO [Round. white ceramic with black lettering. number 2 stamped in bottom]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Royce & Esterly's Chlorine Detergent & Orris Dentifrice with trademark showing shield with perching bird [on lid] ROYCE & ESTERLY'S CHLORINE DETERGENT & ORRIS DENTIFRICE FOR CLEANSING & PRESERVING THE TEETH / PREPARED BY W. HAGAN & CO / TROY, N.Y. [Round. cream ceramic with black lettering. lacks pot]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Parton Son & Co's Cherry Tooth Paste [on lid] PARTON SON & CO'S CHERRY TOOTH PASTE 6D FOR PRESERVING THE TEETH & GUMS [Round. white ceramic with blue lettering]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid labeled TOOTH POWDER [Round. wood with paper label, colored gold]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Odonto Tooth Paste with trademark showing tree with: PURITY / DURABILITY / TRADE MARK [on lid] ODONTO OR OAK BARK AND ORRIS TOOTH PASTE FOR WHITENING AND PRESERVING THE TEETH / PREPARED BY HENRY A. CHOATE DRUGGIST / UNDER REVERE HOUSE BOSTON [Round. white ceramic with maroon lettering. stamp in bottom]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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Dental pot lid for Sozodont Powder depicting man brushing teeth [on lid] SOZODONT POWDER FOR CLEANSING THE TEETH [inside lid] FRAGRANT SOZODONT POWDER / AS THE TEETH OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO AN ACID OR BILIOUS STOMACH ARE LIABLE TO DISCOLORATION, EXTRA FRICTION IS NECESSARY TO REMOVE IT, AND THIS VEGETABLE POWDER USED WITH A STIFF BRUSH IN CONNECTION WITH [THE?] SOZODONT AS OFTEN AS TWICE A WEEK, WILL SOON [?] TARTAROUS ADHESIONS AND LEAVE THE TEETH [?] WHITE. THE DECAY OF TEETH ARISES FROM MANY CAUSES, BUT PRINCIPALLY FROM EARLY NEGLECT, ILL HEALTH, OR THE INDISCRIMINATE USE OF TOOTH POWDERS CONTAINING MINERALS OR DELETERIOUS ACIDS WHICH GIVE A MOMENTARY WHITENESS TO THE TEETH, WHILE THEY CORRODE AND DESTROY THE ENAMEL. SHOULD THIS BOX OF FRAGRANT POWDER PROVE INSUFFICIENT FOR THE USE OF THOSE WHO REQUIRE THE POWDER MORE FREELY, IT CAN BE HAD IN LARGE BOXES OF ALL DRUGGISTS AND AGENTS FOR THE SOZODONT. HALL & RUCKEL, NEW YORK. [Rectangular. metal colored bronze]
Date: circa late nineteenth century
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S.S. White dentist's chair and stool; metal with upholstered seat and back. S.S. White trademark on metal sides.
Date: circa twentieth century
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Glass bottle of Fritzsche Brothers clove oil with cork stopper. [on label] FRITZSCHE BROTHERS, INC / NEW YORK / ESSENTIAL OILS AND AROMATIC CHEMICALS / BASIC PERFUME AND FLAVOR RAW MATERIALS / FOR MANUFACTURING AND PROFESSIONAL USE ONLY [on back of bottle] PACKAGED EXPRESSLY FOR TOWNS & JAMES INC. [with Fritzsche Brothers trademark] [manuscript text on front label] 1 OZ / NY[?] [on bottom of bottle] 13 7345
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Facsimile of The History and Treatment of the Diseases of the Teeth, the Gums, and the Alveolar Processes, by Joseph Fox (London: Printed by James Swan for Thomas Cox, 1806), showing dental tooth keys and pelicans, as well as diseases of and injuries to the teeth and jaw. [on plates] MOGDRIDGE DEL. PUBLISHED AS THE ACT DIRECTS. AUGT. 1ST. 1805. BY JOSEPH FOX, LOMBARD STREET, LONDON. PARKS, SCULP. Numbered 480 on bookplate. [6] 170 pages, 9 leaves of plates: illustrations. 29 cm
Date: 1981 (original edition 1806)
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Metal tooth key for extracting teeth, with straight shaft.
Date: circa late eighteenth century
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Metal tooth key for extracting teeth, with ridged handle and straight shaft.
Date: circa late eighteenth century
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Metal tooth key for extracting teeth, with handle and straight shaft. Possibly a modern replica.
Date: circa late eighteenth century?
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Dental pelican for extracting teeth.
Date: circa late eighteenth century
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Stainless steel dental elevator with initials A.P stamped on handle.
Date: circa twentieth century
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Modern stainless steel dental forceps. [on inside of handle] HU-FRIEDY IMMUNITY U.S.A. OB10 [on outside of handle] 150
Date: circa twenty-first century
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Paper envelope containing needle and supplies to accompany the Wilcox-Jewett Obtunder. [on envelope] ENVELOPE CONTAINS ONE CURVED NEEDLE FOR RUBBER [TIPS?], ONE WIRE FOR CLEANING POINTS, TWO WRENCHES AND EXTRA WASHERS. [with instructions for using RUBBER TIPPED CURVED NEEDLE] LEE S. SMITH & SON / PITTSBURG [sic]
Date: circa 1905
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Wilcox-Jewett Obtunder, used for anesthetizing teeth using pressure and injected local anesthetic. [on label inside wooden box] THE WILCOX-JEWETT OBTUNDER DESENSITIZES TEETH BY "PRESSURE ANESTHESIA" FOR THE PAINLESS EXCAVATION OF CAVITIES, GRINDING TEETH FOR CROWNING OF THE IMMEDIATE EXTIRPATION OF THE PULP / PRICE $10.00 / SOLE AGENTS LEE S. SMITH & SON PITTSBURG PA. U.S.A. [on obtunder] PAT. APPL'D FOR [with paper envelope and needles]
Date: circa 1905
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Sample of Burrill Tooth Powder in glass bottle with metal cap [on label] BURRILL TOOTH POWDER / THIS PREPARATION IS CAREFULLY AND ACCURATELY PREPARED WITH THE FINEST INGREDIENTS SO AS TO PREVENT SORE & RECEDING GUMS / DELIGHTFULLY AROMATIC / BEAUTIFIES THE TEETH AND ARRESTS DECAY / MANUFACTURED BY / THE NEW ENGLAND LABORATORY CO. LYNN, MASS. / GUARANTEED UNDER THE FOOD & DRUGS ACT JUNE 30, 1906 / REGISTERED OCT 190[6?] / SERIAL NO. 21,666 [on sides] BURRILL'S TOOTH POWDER / N.E. LABORATORY LYNN, MASS.
Date: circa 1906
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Manual for S.S. White Motor Chair with advertisement for office design services and laid-in OFFICE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DATA SHEET from THE S.S. WHITE DENTAL MFG. CO. 211 SOUTH 12TH STREET, PHILADELPHIA 5, PA. EQUIPMENT DIVISION [with diagrams and color illustrations]
Date: circa twentieth century