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Bottle cap

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1941

GUSN

GUSN-10104

Description

Paper bottle cap with fluted sides, printed on top in red and yellow

Details

Descriptive Terms

caps (closures)
cardboard
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
Transfer Printed
Cardboard
Unidentified Paper
CAP, BOTTLE

Inscription

1) on top [printed] 2) inside: 1) H.P. Hood & Sons/ Milk/ Pasteurized Tuesday/ Guernsey/ Milk/ Portland, Maine/ Patent 2.055.393 [wire] 2) 1941 June [handwritten in ink]

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2.125 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth McAfoose

Accession Number

1995.243.2

Places

Maine (United States)

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