Box, seed package
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2013.0043.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Fisher, A.L.
- MODEL
- Garden Seeds
- LOCATION
- Brockville, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 62
- AKA
- box [.1]
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Varnished wooden box has unfinished interior; paper covering on front panel and underside of box lid bears mechanically printed text and coloured graphics; length of natural string secures lid to compartmentalized box base; metal hinges.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 50.0 cm
- Width
- 25.2 cm
- Height
- 13.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Horticulture
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Fisher
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Brockville
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- This box [and contents] presumably used c. 1890; possibly also used later.
- Canada
-
A.L Fisher est présent dans le bottin téléphonique de 1892-1893 Ontario Gazetteer and Directory. [Ref. 1] - Function
-
General: Used to contain and promote item(s) to be sold. Specific: This box used to contain and promote packages of garden seeds. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "FISHER'S/ GARDEN/ SEEDS,/ FROM BROCKVILLE ONT." printed on box front. "FISHER'S SEEDS/ A.L. FISHER,/ BROCKVILLE, ONT.", "THIS BOX CONTAINS 150 PAPERS SEEDS at 5c., $7.50; BOX, IF NOT RETURNED, 50c - $8.00" and "LONDON PTG & LITH CO" printed on paper lining on lid. "TOMATO", "VARIETY", "CARROT", CUCUMBERS", "PARSNIPS", "BEETS" "COR[N]", "BEANS", "SQUASH./ LETTUCE.", "MELON./ TOMATO.", "CABBAGE./ VARIETY.", "PEAS./ SAGE.", ONION./ RADISH.", "TURNIP/ CARROT", "CUCUMBER", "PEAS.", "BEANS." and "BEETS" printed on top edge of box base, around package compartments. "X71.160.170" printed by hand in red ink on underside of box base.
- Missing
- Unknown: possibly missing original hardware [closures].
- Finish
- Varnished wooden box has unfinished interior; paper covering on front panel and underside of box lid bears mechanically printed text and coloured graphics; length of natural string secures lid to compartmentalized box base; metal hinges.
- Decoration
- Elaborate colour illustration on underside of lid includes fruit, vegetable and flowers and formal view of large building, landscape and horse-drawn carriage; all within contained within irregular oval panel with scrollwork border.
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Fisher, A.L., Box, seed package, circa 1890, Artifact no. 2013.0043, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2013.0043.001/
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