Jar, 25LC254, (F11) #018

Dublin Core

Title

Jar, 25LC254, (F11) #018

Subject

Food product

Description

Complete jar, clear glass, cup bottom mold, cracks on the bottom edge and body, pull cap closure. Contained candy product or similar food item. Embossed letters with manufacturer's name "D Auerbach and Sons, New York, USA" on the side
Lip: 2.18mm; Rim: Diameter 61.6mm, Thickness 5.9mm, Circumference 193.42mm
Entire Artifact: Height 113.7mm, Width 61.6mm, Thickness 61.6mm, Weight .225kg

Creator

D. Auerbach & Sons New York USA

Source

2019 Capitol Wellfield Project

Publisher

UNL Anthropology

Contributor

Lowe, Grayson

Rights

UNL Anthropology; Capitol Commission

Relation

Large candy manufacturer, New York City, active through 1930s. New York Times article Dec. 4, 1897, p. 12, mentions sugar caldron accident. International Confectioner vol. 32 has obituary of Leopold Auerbach, born in 1867

Type

Physical Object

Files

18.JPG
IMG_9758.JPG
IMG_9762.JPG
IMG_9768.JPG

Citation

D. Auerbach & Sons New York USA, “Jar, 25LC254, (F11) #018,” UNL Campus Archaeology, accessed April 19, 2025, https://anth-omeka.unl.edu/campus_archaeology/items/show/442.