General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 &.2 CARDBOARD WITH ACETATE WINDOW

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

16.8 cm

Width

14.0 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Apiculture

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

TYPE OF RETAIL CONTAINER USED BY CANADIAN BEEKEEPERS FOR COMB HONEY

Function

PACKAGING FOR COMB HONEY

Technical

USED SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY TO PACK COMB HONEY BUT DID NOT HAVE THE CELLOPHANE WINDOW TO VIEW THE COMB. THIS FORM APPEARED IN THE 1930'S AND IS STILL IN USE TODAY. FOR TIN CONTAINERS, THE COLOR BLUE WAS USED FOR LIGHT HONEY, WHICH IS SPRING-EARLY SUMMER HONEY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 &.2 front of the box reads: "[large print] COMB/ HONEY/ "Nature's Most Delicious Sweet""/ Right side of box reads: "[large print] COMB/HONEY/ [small print] Comb Honey for ages/ has been recognized as/ a pure and delicious/ natural sweet and/ many references to/ "the sweetness of the/ honey comb" is to be/ found in ancient lit/ erature. Honey is a/ wholesome, healthful,/ delicious and easily di-/ gested natural sweet./ Comb honey ta its/ taste or flavour from/ the kind of flowers/ that ees gather/ the honey from, for/ instance/ (MARKINGS CONTINUED IN SUPP.INFO O:/COLRES/COLLMAN/SUPPINFO/ARTIFACT/)

Missing

None.

Finish

.1 &.2 FRONT OF BOX IS LIGHT BLUE AND MEDIUM BLUE / SIDES AND BACK OF BOX HAS A WHITE BACKGROUND WITH BLUE PRINT

Decoration

.1 &.2 FLORAL DESIGN OF CLOVERS ON BOTH SIDES OF WINDOW