Gelatine Package; Contents

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Gelatine Package; Contents

Entry/Object ID

2004.027.008

Description

Cardboard packaging for envelopes of unflavoured gelatine. Package printed in red, yellow, blue and white. Top and bottom flaps read: "Cox's/Unflavoured/Gelatine". Front reads: "The 4 Envelopes Make 4 Pints/Net Wt. 1 Oz./Cox's/Unflavoured/Gelatine/A Canadian Favorite Since 1845". One side reads: "The Genuine/Bears this/Signature/I. & G. Cox/Packed by/The Cox Gelatine Company Ltd/Montreal". Other side has same information in French. This package contains six envelopes of Cox's gelatine and one envelope of Knox/Sparkling/Gelatine" made by "Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co., Inc./Johnstown, N.Y." with information in both English and French. This package contains six Cox envelopes and one Knox envelope.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Haynes, Ian for Arnold Stewart

Notes

Accession Date: 19-Jan-05 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

package; contents, gelatine package; contents

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

February 8, 2006

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 16, 2025