Syrup Sampler

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Syrup Sampler

Entry/Object ID

1994.35a-f

Description

Sampler of four glass bottles of maple syrup inside a wooden display case. The case is made of five pieces of plywood and fronted with glass. The top of the case has a drawer handle and a handwritten label, "Pawlet VT." An index card secured to the inside of the glass panel reads, "THIS SYRUP MADE / FROM SAME SUPER BUSH / SAME FAMILY, ONE ON / RIGHT MADE IN [IRON] KETTLE" with "IRON" added in above the word "IN." Inside the case are four bottles of various shapes with different metal caps, held within a custom divider system created from repurposed Styrofoam packing materials. Each bottle has a handwritten paper label giving the year the syrup was tapped (left to right: 1945, 1922, 1888, 1877). In front of the divider is a wooden tap spout.

Context

Made by the Moore family of Pawlet, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

1994.35

Source or Donor

Dietz, Stephen

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1877 - 1945

Place

City

Pawlet

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Jug, Syrup

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jug, Food Storage

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Food Storage Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Glass, Metal, Paper, Wood, Styrofoam