2004.015.013

Catalog Date: 
06/03/2004
Gparent: 
5: T&E For Science & Technology
Classes: 
cardboard
Collection: 
Found in low storage under first floor stairway
Date: 
1950?-?
Notes: 
Found by Jeff Johns on 04/21/2004
Object Name: 
Box
Owned: 
Unknown
Parent: 
Merchandising T&E
People: 
Uberuaga, Jose Uberuaga, Hermenegilda
Record As: 
Found in Collection
Record Date: 
4/21/04
Record From: 
Found in low storage under first floor stairway at 607 Grove Street
Subjects: 
fleur-de-lis marketing containers plastics retail trade packaging
Hexagonal box constructed from white cardboard. The outside of the box has a coating on it, lighter than the inside of the box, with gold fleur-de-lis ("flower of the lily" in French) designs covering the sides and bottom. The pattern of gold fleur-de-lis varies; sections of white on the gold designs vary from petal to petal of the three petal symbol. On three sides, the fleur-de-lis point up, on the other three they point down. The coated cardboard is lustrous, but the gold designs are matte (they do not appear hand painted). A crease runs across the bottom and up opposite sides of the box. This box was folded (mostly likely by machine) to create the hexagonal shape. Two flaps are glued down on the interior sides of the box. The box has a clear, shallow lid made from plastic. A 2" x 1.25" off-white adhesive label is attached to the center of the plastic lid. In the middle of the label, "csb" is printed in bold, medium-blue letters inside of an oval of the same color. It is not known what the acronym CSB stands for, or what this box contained. "Made in U.S.A." is stamped (indented) in the bottom of the box.