Toothbrush
name: label: maker
content: G. B. Kent & Sons
notes: label: Description
content: Toothbrush with bone handle and inscriptions that read “GUARANTEED / G. B. KENT & Sons / LONDON, ENGLAND” and “TRADE ROLLING MARK.” The firm was established in 1777 and claims to be the world’s oldest and most prestigious brush manufacturer.
label: Description
content: Ref: Doris Woodall, A Short History of the House of Kent: G. B. Kent & Sons, Ltd. (1959).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Oral Care
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content: Beauty and Health
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0165.439
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0165.439
label: accession number
content: 2012.0165
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: toothbrush
label: Object Type
content: toothbrushes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bone (product material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 4 7/8 in x 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 12.3825 cm x 1.27 cm