Toothpaste elixir - Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
  • Toothpaste elixir - Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
  • Toothpaste elixir - Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
  • Toothpaste elixir - Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
  • Toothpaste elixir - Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
  • Toothpaste elixir - Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
  • Toothpaste elixir - Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary

Toothpaste elixir - Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary

€20.00

Toothpaste elixir

Antique pharmacy bottle

Handwritten label with pen

Description

Toothpaste elixir

Antique pharmacy bottle

Handwritten label with pen

Throughout the nineteenth century and early twentieth century, the pharmacist was a true craftsman, he prepared his own remedies and lotions such as elixirs of toothpaste for example. Customers do not come to look for brands, but the formula of the local apothecary. Each pharmacy has its own laboratory at the back where it prepares its own powders, pastes and elixirs. 

At the time, these alcoholic elixirs (often with mint, cinnamon or cloves) were used diluted in a glass of water as a mouthwash or directly on the toothbrush.

Period: Late 19th century - early 20th century. 1880-1920 approximately.

There is still some product inside but the cap is blocked and sealed, it won’t open.

It comes from the old cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s. The cellar had served as a medical analysis laboratory and a laboratory for the pharmacy’s compounded preparations from 1900 until around 1950.

Height of the bottle: 10 cm

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