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mustard box

Accession Number NWHCM : 1982.425.6

Description

Wooden box with hinged lid with paper labels printed in red and black on yellow; inside lid 'COLMAN'S MUSTARD MANUFACTURERS BY SPECIAL WARRANT TO THE QUEEN ONLY GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878'; on the front: 'COLMAN'S MUSTARD MANUFACTURERS TO THE QUEEN LONDON ENGLAND' ; back and sides stencilled with details of other products i.e. Mustard Oil and Starch; box lid broken; from the 1880s or 1890s

Material wood
Measurements 177 mm
Department Museum of Norwich
Inscription Use Colman's concentrated mustard for rheumatism / Ask for Colman's starch
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