Jar, Confectionary

Object Name:

Jar, Confectionary

Object ID:

1992.063.085

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

circa 1900

Description:

Jar and stopper. Clear colorless pressed glass with mold seam; square body with beveled corners, short sloping shoulders, long cylindrical neck with flat lip. Stopper: cylindrical frosted base with tapered neck and square top with beveled corners; "Necco's" embossed in feathered script on top. Chromolithographic rectangular label adhered to front: "NECCO" printed in red ink on yellow banner at top; "HEALTHFUL" and "REFRESHING" blue ink printed on yellow banners at top; "English Tablets" printed in red ink; "FRUIT" printed in yellow ink on blue shield; "MAN'F'D / BY" printed in blue ink bottom left; "NEW ENGLAND CONFECTIONERY CO." printed in yellow ink on blue banner; "253 SUMMER ST" printed in blue ink; "BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A." printed in yellow ink on blue banner with yellow tails; "311N" printed in blue ink at bottom; fruit assortment in center with cherries on stem, pineapple, blackberries on stem, two bananas, peach, melon, lemon, pear, two strawberries, two plums on stem, three raspberries surrounded by yellow ring; green grass and blue sky background; red border with yellow background. "SOUR LEMON" in black ink printed on red paper adhered to front of neck.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-11.8 W-4.4 D-4.4 inches

Provenance:

From the Wilfred B. Osgood pharmacy collection, consisting of the contents of the Knox Pharmacy and Roberts Rexall Store (a.k.a. Osgood's Pharmacy) in Farmington, N.H.

Credit Line:

Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood

People:

Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Candy, Confectioneries, Confections, Cherries, Pineapple, Blackberries, Peaches, Melons, Lemons, Pears, Bananas, Plums, Raspberries, Strawberries, Banners