HERSHEY ' S 6 LB CHOCOLATE & COCOA EARLY 20TH C VINT WOOD BOX CRATE W/INK STAMPING
Item History & Price
HERSHEY'S 6 LB. CHOCOLATE & COCOA EARLY 20TH CENTURY VINTAGE WOOD BOX CRATE W/BLACK INK STAMPING ON ALL 4 SIDEWALLS(Circa 1900-1915)American early mercantile advertisingDIMENSIONS: 10 ½" Width x 9 ¾" Depth x 4 ½" Height
DESCRIPTION:Offered for sale is this absolutely wonderful late 19th-early 20th century Hershey's Chocolate and Cocoa antique wooden crate box, featuring very handsome antique period typography and graphic iconography on not o...ne or two but on all four sidewalls. The all wood constructed shallow box has finger-joined corners and a wood plank floor. It hasn't been varnished or tampered with. It still has its original, dry wood surfaces and the black ink typography is largely well preserved, while some stamped ink sidewalls are more vivid and more saturated than others. What's really exciting about this box is just how incredibly clean and authentic is still is. This is pretty much the way it would have appeared well over 120 years ago. Both long and short sidewalls have equally interesting and splendid antique period typography, which brings us back to an era that preceded both world wars and to the cusp of the turn-of-century. Hershey's chocolates then became legend and a household name. A simply outstanding American early piece of advertising. You could start a vintage wood box crate collection with this one or add it to your growing collection. What's on top of your kitchen cabinet's looking down back at you? Wonderful.
CONDITION:Good to Very Good overall vintage condition.
DESCRIPTION:Offered for sale is this absolutely wonderful late 19th-early 20th century Hershey's Chocolate and Cocoa antique wooden crate box, featuring very handsome antique period typography and graphic iconography on not o...ne or two but on all four sidewalls. The all wood constructed shallow box has finger-joined corners and a wood plank floor. It hasn't been varnished or tampered with. It still has its original, dry wood surfaces and the black ink typography is largely well preserved, while some stamped ink sidewalls are more vivid and more saturated than others. What's really exciting about this box is just how incredibly clean and authentic is still is. This is pretty much the way it would have appeared well over 120 years ago. Both long and short sidewalls have equally interesting and splendid antique period typography, which brings us back to an era that preceded both world wars and to the cusp of the turn-of-century. Hershey's chocolates then became legend and a household name. A simply outstanding American early piece of advertising. You could start a vintage wood box crate collection with this one or add it to your growing collection. What's on top of your kitchen cabinet's looking down back at you? Wonderful.
CONDITION:Good to Very Good overall vintage condition.
