Spice Box Set
date: label: date made
content: 1860 - 1870
notes: label: Description
content: Circular, tin-banded spice box containing seven matching cylindrical canisters. All eight containers are stenciled with the name of their contents in black across their friction-fit, flat covers and sides: "SPICES", "ALLSPICE", "CLOVES", "GINGER", "MACE", "MUSTARD", "NUTMEGS", and "PEPPER". All have flat bottoms stamped "PATENT PACKAGE CO. / NEWARK / NEW JERSEY / PAT\D/. AUG 31 1858." in serif letters. Containers empty; some worn more than others.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
label: place used
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
topic: label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Packaging
label: Subject
content: Patented
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Food
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Heirs of William and Dennis Ramsay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.289204.0009
label: catalog number
content: 62.0554.01
label: accession number
content: 220760
objectType: label: Object Name
content: boxes, spice
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (banding material)
label: Physical Description
content: tinned (banding production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (stenciling material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 8.255 cm x 24.13 cm