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Royal Tooth Paste Dental Pot Lid

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.

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St. Andrews (Bristol, England)‏

circa late nineteenth century

Advertising -- Toothpaste -- England

Mouth -- Care and hygiene -- England|

Tooth paste pot lids -- England

Advertising as Topic

Dentifrices

Dental hygiene

Smith & Govan

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fr

From the Paul Baer Collection, Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine

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