Soap or Shaving Compound Box
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)
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.
There are handwritten notes and calculations on the interior of the box lid.
Object number1949.2.6a-b
MarkingsA paper label printed in blue ink on the top of the box lid (.b) reads, "THE AMERICAN / RIPOPHAGON / SOAP / OR, / Shaving Compound, / MANUFACTURED EXPRESSLY FOR / SHELDON, HARRIS & WILLIAMS, / NEW-YORK."InscribedOn the inside of the lid (.b) a note handwritten in ink reads, "Chalk Balls / #222". Several other small illegible notes and calculations are written in pencil.
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- G. Fox & Co.
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