Description:
This pot held a myrtle-opiate tooth powder. Mr. Delescott patented his Conserve of Myrtle Opiate tooth powder in 1749 and retailed it from his shop on 19 Duke St. Pall Mall, London. According to a recipe published in The British Perfumer: Being a Collection of Choice Receipts and Observations, by Charles Lillie, 1822, Delescott's tooth powder recipe: "To make this opiate, (which is exceed ingly useful and pleasant , for cleaning the teeth , and sweetening the breath , when laid on with a brush,) take two pounds of good drained honey, which put into an earthen pan, with half a pint of rose - water . Let the whole simmer over a fire for a few mi nutes , and then mix it up into a soft paste , with the best tooth - powder, made from bole ammoniac and gum myrrh." Dispensing Pot, London, England, c. 1750. Tin-glazed earthenware (delftware). Inscribed on exterior in cobalt blue: “DELESCOT” White paper label on base marked "35". Condition: Two losses on the rim.
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