A 4 1/4" tall clear-glass cylinder-shaped antique TOOTH POWDER bottle.  This is the scarce LARGER SIZE variant, as most of these bottles are about 3" tall at most.  This is a very old DENTAL bottle for the MOUTH TEETH GUMS BREATH THROAT TOOTH, a hand Blown Into Mold bottle (BIM) with a tooled top, dating it all the way back to the 1800's.  

  • Bottle Embossed:   "CALDER'S / DENTINE" with fancy 'ALC' monogram.  ALC = Alfred L. Calders.

  • Condition:   Bottle is in NICE CLEAN condition.   It has some stain and use-wear, the marks that only a century of time can brand an old bottle with.   It has NO cracks, chips, dings, damage etc.   PLEASE see 1st picture for good idea of overall look.

  • Age: An early hand-blown bottle (Blown-In-Mold = BIM) with a tooled-top, ca. late 1800's.

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Albert Calder operated an old-time apothecary shop in Providence, Rhode Island, in the latter half of the 1800's.  Sometime around 1870 he started manufacturing a tooth powder which he branded, 'CALDER'S SAPONACEOUS DENTINE'.  It had quite a successful run as the Calder Dentine Co. was in business all the way into the 1930's.  It was advertised as 'Calder's Saponaceous Dentine', and it is said that it 'prevented tooth decay, kept gums firm and red, and the breath pure and sweet'.  A really great looking little Tooth Powder bottle, scarce in this larger 4" plus size, check it out!

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