Collection Highlights
Salver
Date:
1772-1773
Object Number:
1928.24
Medium:
Silver
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Box
Object Number:
2002.1.708
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
3 x 2 x 1 1/4 in.
Description:
This clear glass box has a lithographed tin top and held a tooth tablet. The lid reads in gold, green and yellow "California Tooth Tablet/ Makes the teeth pearly white and the guns hard and healthy.../ California Perfume Co. New York". The damp brush was rubbed on the cake of dentifrice to apply. The California Perfume Company became Avon.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
