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Ginger box

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

GUSN

GUSN-224617

Description

Yellow and balck ginger box with designs and words. The edges of the lid are designed with a fleur de lis.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
packaging
tin (metal)
Box

Inscription

"RICH'S / CRYSTALLIZED / CANTON / GINGER" (Bellow these words it tells where it was made.)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

FD183

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 x 4 9/16 x 2 11/16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1631

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