Carton, comb honey
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 4X5 IN/CELLOPHANE FACED
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0046.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
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
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Unknown Manufacturer, Carton, comb honey, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2001.0046, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0046.001/
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