(AI) Object: Antique oval paperboard soap or cosmetic container.
Top Inscription:
"COLGATE AND COMPANY"
"53 & 55 JOHN STREET N.Y."
Design & Artwork: Features a Victorian pictorial illustration of classical dancing figures (fairies or maidens) surrounded by ornate scrollwork medallions.
Context: A mid-to-late 19th-century packaging item from Colgate & Company during their operation out of John Street in New York City, typically housing scented soap, cosmetics, or toilet powders.
Handwritten in lid Inscription:
"Rush Clipes" (or "Rush Clips")
"... of Rushes"
"These clips were the..."
"... first used in ENGLAND"
"... in the EARLY DAYS"
