Vicksburg Mississippi Dug Soldiers Civil War TOOTH BRUSH Paris Dental History

Description

A Civil War period bone toothbrush dug in Vicksburg Confederate trash pit.
Lightly oiled, you don't want them drying out. This example is 6.7 inches long. Marked " L _ SUPERFIN PARIS” The handle end is sometimes fashion into a paddle or scraper to get paste out of the container.This is a great example of dental history from a very early time period.
No repairs. Recently dusted and oiled down with baby oil.
Would be woven with bores or horse hair. Box shipped.
###. I would suggest reading about them on Wikipedia. The first bristle toothbrush resembling the modern one was found in China. Used during the Tang Dynasty (619–907), it consisted of hog bristles.[8][9] The bristles were sourced from hogs living in Siberia and northern China because the colder temperatures provided firmer bristles. They were attached to a handle manufactured from bamboo or bone, forming a toothbrush.[4] In 1223, Japanese Zen master Dōgen Kigen recorded on Shōbōgenzō that he saw monks in China clean their teeth with brushes made of horsetail hairs attached to an oxbone handle. The bristle toothbrush spread to Europe, brought from China to Europe by travellers.[10] It was adopted in Europe during the 17th century.[11] The earliest identified use of the word toothbrush in English was in the autobiography of Anthony Wood who wrote in 1690 that he had bought a toothbrush from J. Barret.[12] Europeans found the hog bristle toothbrushes imported from China too firm and preferred softer bristle toothbrushes made from horsehair.[4] Mass-produced toothbrushes made with horse or boar bristle continued to be imported to England from China until the mid 20th century.[3]