fbpx

Incense

Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.

Search Collections

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1890-1920

GUSN

GUSN-18243

Description

Incense cones in pink tin box. Box slips open to reveal pyramid-shaped rose-colored cones. Image of seated figure on front of box. Directions for use on front. Description on back.

Details

Descriptive Terms

incense
incense
tin (metal)
Tin
Incense
INCENSE

Inscription

Printed on face of box: ""Vantine's/ Rose Temple Incense Cones/ A.A. Vantine & Co., Inc./ NEW YORK""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

People and Organizations

A.A. Vantine & Co.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 x 3.625 x 0.25 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.2333

Places

New York state (United States)

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].