Collection Highlights
Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Box/ Food
Object name
Box/ Food
Date
1890-1910
Medium
Wood, paper
Dimensions
2 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. diameter
Description
This round wood box has a paper label on the top with a color print of a plate of dried fruit encircled by a red border with the words "American Fig Confection". On the side, a paper label reads in black "Wholesale Confectioner, 154 Greenwich Street,/ And 71 Cortlandt Street, New York."
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.2535
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
