Antique, scarce EARLY VERSION (in use from 1865-1880), Woods CHEMIST Jar pot lid for Sale

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Antique, scarce EARLY VERSION (in use from 1865-1880), Woods CHEMIST Jar pot lid For Sale

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Antique, scarce EARLY VERSION (in use from 1865-1880), Woods CHEMIST Jar pot lid:
$69.50

On offer here is an antique, ORIGINAL, Areca Nut Tooth Paste container or \"pot lid\" as they are more commonly known by collector\'s.This lid dates to between 1865-1880 as this was the period that this particular design was used, after which date, the design was changed to a more simple (& not so attractive!), format.I have described it as EARLY as W.WOODS only started selling his products in these jars, starting from the year 1860. As you can see, WOODS\' Chemist was based in Plymouth, a coastal city located on the South coast of England.The lid measures 3\" in diameter and stands 1 1/2\" tall when the lid is on top of the base section.

The Areca Nut : The \"Areca\" or \"Betel\" nut was/is aMiddle Eastern Palm nut whose crushed oils were mixed with flavorants &used in Tooth Paste in the Victorian era, because in that period of time, theybelieved that the oil of this particular nut had hygienic and astringent qualitiesfor the cleaning of teeth. In more recent times, laboratory tests were runon the composition of this nut and it was foundthat it was possibly onlygood as a mild laxative. Even more concerning, that it revealed traces of a carcinogen(substances that have cancer causing potential!)

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