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Gold tooth-pick

HC.J.12.X.16

Gold tooth-pick enclosed in a quadrilateral ivory sheath which has a square gold band at the top and a longitudinal slot at the side to enable the gold push-button to propel and retract the tooth-pick. This was invented c. 1815 and considered by many persons to be the most hygienic and efficient to date. Marked T.C. Palmer inventor. S. Moran & Co. makers. Early nineteenth century.

Nineteenth century, early