Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Jar
Object Number:
2002.1.432
Date:
ca. 1870
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
1 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.
Description:
Cream-colored square ceramic tooth polish container; elaborate frame design printed in black on cover, "Formodenta/ An Elegant/ Preparation for Preserving/ & Whitening/ The Teeth/ Purifying & Perfuming The/ Breath/ Prepared by/ Caswell, Mack & Co./ New York & New Port R.I.".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
