Antique Cracroft’s Areca Nut Toothpaste pot - ironstone pot lid and base
A Victorian chemist pot lid and base, made of white ironstone pottery and decorated on the top side for Cracroft’s Areca Nut toothpaste made by John Pepper & Co. The underside of the lid also bears a black advertising transfer for Sulpholine Soap.
Cracroft’s Areca Nut Tooth Paste
Prepared from the Cincalese recipe
Warranted Genuine
Price 1s & 2s6d
John Pepper & Co. Limited
Bedford Laboratory
London
Sold by all chemists
Sulpholine Soap
The purest, safest, best, and least expensive Toilet Soap.
Sold Everywhere.
Tablets Sixpence.
A very decorative antique pot lid, which utilises a variety of bold typography bordered by a single pinstripe, which continues onto the underside with a further stylised variety of lettering bordered by a double pinstripe.
Dimensions:
7.1cm lid diameter
6.7cm pot diameter
4.1cm tall
Condition:
In superb condition with some age related wear, marks and crazing, particularly on the base. There is a minuscule fleabite on the inner rim of the base, but the lid is perfect and there’s no damage otherwise.

