Counter dispenser for gum

Object Name: 
Counter dispenser for gum

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Object Name: 
Counter dispenser for gum
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
97.4.7
Dimensions: 
H: 4.7 cm, L: 23.6 cm, W: 16 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1920-1950
Credit Line: 
Gift of Amory Houghton Jr.
Primary Description: 
Green non-lead glass, red, yellow, green, black and pink decal colors; pressed. Rectangular shape with two rectangular indentations, one backed with a decal reading "Take Your Change in" with a picture of a pack of "CLARK'S/TEABERRY/IT'S ON THE'LEVEL/QUALITY GUM/GENUINE TEABERRY FLAVOR", with another decal below reading 'CLARK'S TEABERRY GUM".

More Info

Department: 
Modern; Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Houghton, Amory Sr., Former Collection
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Source
Color: 
green
Technique: 
pressing