Object details
Accession number
U11n34.a-b
Primary Creator
Apollo Chocolates
(active Boston, early 20th century)
Full title
Apollo Chocolates Box
Creation Date
about 1920
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after about 1920.
Marks
Printed in gold ink (on lid, upper left): Apollo / [Choc]olates
Printed in gold ink (on lid, lower right): ONE POUND / NET WEIGHT
Typewritten in ink (on lid, on red-bordered label): Withdrawn from writ- / ing desk and inlaid / stand Feb. 25, 1926
Printed in green ink (on base of box, center): Apollo Chocolates / ONE POUND NET / F.H. ROBERTS 128 CROSS ST. BOSTON / This package contains a choice assortment of / CARAMELS, NOUGATINES, NUTS IN CREAM, / CARMALLOWS, TRUE FRUIT CREAMS, / AND OTHER DELICIOUS PIECES.
Display Media
Printed paper on cardboard
Web Commentary
This box once held one pound of assorted chocolates made by the confections company, Apollo Chocolates, which was active in Boston in the early 20th century. The box was found inside Isabella Stewart Gardner's writing desk in the Macknight Room in 1926, containing several small objects collected by her.
Permanent Gallery Location
Macknight Room
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