Metal box (a) for storing herbs; flip top lid attached at back contains five cardboard boxes (b-g) labelled "ONE OUNCE TANSY"; cardboard boxes contain dried plant material (tansy?); there is a paper label stuck to the inside of the lid.
Metal box (a) for storing herbs; flip top lid attached at back contains five cardboard boxes (b-g) labelled "ONE OUNCE TANSY"; cardboard boxes contain dried plant material (tansy?); there is a paper label stuck to the inside of the lid.
Number Of Parts
7
Part Names
a - metal box - Size: Length 10.5 cm x Width 9.2 cm x Depth 22.5 cm
b - cardboard box - Size: Length 7.5 cm x Width 6.3 cm x Depth 4.0 cm
c - cardboard box - Size: Length 7.5 cm x Width 6.3 cm x Depth 4.0 cm
d - cardboard box - Size: Length 7.5 cm x Width 6.3 cm x Depth 4.0 cm
e - cardboard box - Size: Length 7.5 cm x Width 6.3 cm x Depth 4.0 cm
f - cardboard box - Size: Length 7.5 cm x Width 6.3 cm x Depth 4.0 cm
g - cardboard box - Size: Length 7.5 cm x Width 6.3 cm x Depth 4.0 cm
Provenance
Used by W.H. Raney, druggist, in Prescott, Ont.; collected by Parke-Davis
Maker
Parke, Davis & Co.
Dates
1891
circa 1891
Date Remarks
Date based on picture on tin of Walkerville plant that opened in 1891
Material
metal: green mottled with black and silver; red
paper: cream; black; blue
cardboard: cream; purple
Inscriptions
Top: "Tansy"; front: "Choice // Botanic Drugs // Pressed TANSY // ([illeg.] Lin.)"; Overwritten by hand: "Tansy"; "PARKE, DAVIS & CO // MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS. // DETROIT MICH // U.S.A."; Left: "[illeg.]"; Right: "NEW YORK OFFICE [illeg.]"; back: "SELECTED // PRESSED HERBS // INCLUDING // [illeg.], LEAVES, FLOWERS, BARKS, // AND ROOTS FOR DRUGGISTS' USE. // We invite attention to the following points of superiority in this line of our manufactures // [listed] // Parke-Davis & Co // MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS // DETROIT, MICH. // ALSO // 90, 92 & 94 MAIDEN LANE, N.Y. // CANADIAN LABORATORY, WALKERVILLE, ONT. // AND 301 & 303 WEST EIGHTH STREET // KANSAS CITY, M[illeg.]"; inside lid: "[illeg.] 20¢ // W.H. RANEY, Druggist // PRESCOTT, ONTARIO"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-8
Condition Remarks
Metal box exterior is corroding where paint is chipped off; paint is badly cracked over entire surface; lid is blackened; interior is corroding; cardboard boxes are in good condition.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Reference Comments
"Parke-Davis Antique Pharmacy Collection," by Jack Willson, part 2
Research Facts
These distinctive green tins were made by Parke-Davis for druggists to display their herbs, to make them more visible to the public