Apollo Chocolates - Apollo Chocolates Box, about 1920

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(active Boston, early 20th century)

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Typewritten in ink (on lid, on red-bordered label): Withdrawn from writ- / ing desk and inlaid / stand Feb. 25, 1926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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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.