Collection Highlights
Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
Date:
1840-1850
Object Number:
1910.24
Medium:
Earthenware
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Store display jar
Object Number:
2002.1.3452ab
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
9 x 5 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
A cream colored ceramic store display tobacco jar embossed on one side with painted highlights of leaves and flowers surrounding the words "Spaulding & Merrick/ Sunny Bank/ Chicago". The reverse reads the same in unpainted embossing. Spaulding & Merrick produced several types of tobacco including Briar Pipe tobacco and Plow Boy cigarettes as well as Sunny Bank.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
