Collection Highlights
Santa Claus and his Works
Date:
1870
Object Number:
LIB.YC1870.Web
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Jar
Object Number:
Z.682b
Date:
1890-1915
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 2 in. ( 7.9 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
printed: on label affixed to jar, body: "LANOLINE COLD CREAM/TRADE-MARK/LANOLINE WORKS,/MARTININKENFELDE/BERLIN/Manufactured in Germany... [trademark] TRADE MARK/"DARTRING"/As "LANOLINE" is the fat natural to the skin, and found in it, "LANO-/LINE" COLD C
Description:
Opaque white glass jar blown in a three-part mold or pressed, with squat cylindrical body, short foot, short, wide neck, and round screw cap with flat top covered with circle of paper printed in blue and red with inscription "LANOLINE"; neck with paper seal (with abstract decoration), and body with paper label printed in blue and red all around jar, with inscription beginning "LANOLINE COLD CREAM LANOLINE WORKS, MARTINIKENFELDE BERLIN"; jar sealed and filled with product.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
