Photograph by Tom Riddle
Private Collection

A lid of a pot made in the late 19^th to early 20^th century probably at the Staffordshire factory in England, popularly known as “black-and-white” ware as a container for areca nut toothpaste. ‘Woods areca nut tooth paste; MPS Chemist, Plymouth’ (1896-1915). For a description of this type of ware and its relationship to betel chewing, see the caption for photograph #000087.