Skip to main content
Soap or Shaving Compound Box
Soap or Shaving Compound Box

Soap or Shaving Compound Box

Product Maker
Date1850-1900
MediumPasteboard covered with printed paper.
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 1 5/16 x 4 13/16 x 7 3/16in. (3.3 x 12.2 x 18.3cm)
ClassificationsCommercial Objects
Credit LineGift of G. Fox & Co.
DescriptionRectangular pasteboard box (.a) and lid (.b) covered with a beige paper printed in brown ink with a dotted geometric pattern. A pasted on paper label on the top of the lid is printed in blue ink, and has a patterned border. The label reads, "THE AMERICAN / RIPOPHAGON / SOAP / OR, / Shaving Compound, / MANUFACTURED EXPRESSLY FOR / SHELDON, HARRIS & WILLIAMS, / NEW-YORK."
There are handwritten notes and calculations on the interior of the box lid.
Object number1949.2.6a-b
On View
Not on view
Collections
Gift of G. Fox & Co., 1949.2.8a-b, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain
Colt Manufacturing Company
1880-1915
Thread Box Lid
Thompson & Co.
1850-1900
Pen Box
Cohen & De Young
1847-1865
Hooks and Eyes Box
S. J. North & Co.
1850-1900
Box
Gants
1847-1865
Hair Jewelry Box
Madame Zwick
1847-1875
Incense Box
Unknown
1900-1940
Druggists' Powders Box
McNary and Buck
1850-1900
Lidded Soap Dish
William Davenport & Company
about 1845
Shaving Mug
William Davenport & Company
about 1845
Cigar Box
G. Fox and Co.
1866