Object ID Number:
EH10542
Object Name:
Tooth Brush
Date of Manufacture:
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Manufactured from:
1750
Manufactured to:
1900
Description / History:
Mid–eighteenth to nineteenth century toothbrush with bristles made of hog hairs and handle out of ivory. During the sixteenth century, the notion of a toothbrush was commenced in China and later introduced to the west around the eighteenth century.
Dimensions:
W–0.5 L–5.25 inches