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Box, Food-Storage

Object Name:
Box, Food-Storage
Object ID:
1992.027.01
Date:
1850-1870
Description:
Candy box, cardboard. Rectangular box with removable cover. Exterior covered with dark blue paper printed in gold star pattern. One end has dark blue printed paper label with gold lettering: "GUM ARABIC DROPS, / MANUFACTURED BY / E.K. SMITH, / HANOVER, N.H." Other end has label of same paper with gold lettering: "Checkerberry Gum Drops." Blue tissue inside. Cover has applied border of embossed gold paper.

A. Box
B. Cover
Material:
Paper
Cardboard
Dimensions:
H-3.75 W-6.5 L-8.5 inches
Credit Line:
Gift of Jane and Richard Nylander
People:
Smith, E. K.
Subjects:
Boxes, Candy
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