Round wooden container for dentifrice. Unfinished wood, removable lid. Paper label affixed to lid top: lithograph of man surrounded by border of brand name. Contains metal casings.
boxes (containers)
packaging
wood (plant material)
BOX, DENTAL
Adhesive on lid: ""COOK'S CHLORATE/ DENTIFRICE./ FERD MAYER & CO./ Litho./ 96 Fulton St./ N.Y./ PATENTED JANUARY 22 1867.""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Ferd Mayer & Co. (Maker)
New York, NY, USA
1.125 (H), 2.875 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.2077
New York state (United States)
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