Object Details
- National Dental Company
- Description
- Inscriptions on the front of the metal container read “PYROZIDE / TOOTH POWDER / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / Co-operate with your dentist in striving for clean teeth and firm healthy gums. / SOLE MANUFACTURER / NATIONAL DENTAL CO. / NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A.” Similar inscriptions appear on the cardboard box. The name PYROZIDE was registered with U.S. Patent Office in 1927.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mary E. and Joseph F. Melfi, Jr., Tupper's Drug Store, Summerville, South Carolina
- ID Number
- 1980.0698.131
- accession number
- 1980.0698
- catalog number
- 1980.0698.131
- Object Name
- tooth powder
- Other Terms
- Tooth Powder; Oral Hygiene; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
- Measurements
- overall: 5 7/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 14.9225 cm x 6.6675 cm x 3.81 cm
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Newark
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Oral Care
- Beauty and Health
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Dental Products
- Record ID
- nmah_715915
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-4e4f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
