Jigger
notes: label: Description
content: While working for DuPont in Leominster, Mass., in 1937, Earl Silas Tupper (1907-1983) found that polyethylene slag could be transformed into a firm and flexible plastic. Building on this discovery, he formed the Earl S. Tupper Company in 1938; built a factory in Farnumsville, Mass., in 1942; launched Tupperware in 1945; trademarked the term “Millionaire” in 1946; and invented the Tupper Seal in 1947. The inscription on this off-white plastic jigger reads “Tupper / Millionaire Line / Made in U.S.A.” and “Tupper Seal.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Glenn O. Tupper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0597.15
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0597.15
label: accession number
content: 1992.0597
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Jigger
label: Object Name
content: Tupperware Jigger
label: Object Name
content: Tupperware "Millionaire" Jigger
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.6 cm x 5.1 cm; 2 3/16 in x 2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/16 in x 2 1/8 in; 6.19125 cm x 5.3975 cm