Name/Title
Collar BoxEntry/Object ID
1960.60Description
Round wood and cardboard collar box. The top and bottom are wood, and the side is a rectangular piece of cardboard with the short ends attached to form a circle. The side of the box is printed in red, green, and black plaid with images of Roman statuary. Metal eyelet holes around the circumference of the box are labeled 24, 30, 36, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90. The top lifts off to reveal a blue interior with 9 wire posts inserted into the base in a circle about 1/2-inch from the outside edge. The interior side of the lid has a paper label with the logo for Washington Collars (a coiled beehive over the date 1852), trademark and patent claims, and marketing claims regarding the box rather than the collars it held. There is a round paper sticker on the base of the box that reads, "14 1/2", in white on a black ground (the size of the collars it held). The initials "B. G." are penciled onto the base.Use
While the box was originally used as retail packaging for paper collars, it was marketed as becoming "an elegant fancy works and spool thread box for ladies' use" once the collars were depleted.Context
No known VT connections.Acquisition
Accession
1960.60Source or Donor
Holmes, Frances E.Acquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Manufacturer
Washington Manufacturing CompanyDate made
1877Place
City
TroyState/Province
New YorkCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Box, CollarNomenclature Primary Object Term
Box, AccessoryNomenclature Sub-Class
Personal Carrying & Storage GearNomenclature Class
Personal GearNomenclature Category
Category 03: Personal ObjectsDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
4 inDiameter
5 in