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<p>[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 624881, member: 31"]Can you help me with dating these three chocolate boxes? All three are made of cardboard, and are fairly small - the two lithographed ones are about 3" by 6", the one with the photo of the children about 2 1/2" by 6 3/4".</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181635[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The one with the sunset scene and the pink ribbon was made for Kibbe Candy of Springfield, MA. They were in business from 1843 to 1933. Is it possible the picture is hand painted?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181636[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]181637[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]181638[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181639[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite has a light stamp on the bottom that I can't read, and paper lace on the inside edges of the box.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181640[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]181641[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181642[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181643[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181644[/ATTACH] </p><p>I'll put the 3rd in the next post.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 624881, member: 31"]Can you help me with dating these three chocolate boxes? All three are made of cardboard, and are fairly small - the two lithographed ones are about 3" by 6", the one with the photo of the children about 2 1/2" by 6 3/4". [ATTACH=full]181635[/ATTACH] The one with the sunset scene and the pink ribbon was made for Kibbe Candy of Springfield, MA. They were in business from 1843 to 1933. Is it possible the picture is hand painted? [ATTACH=full]181636[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]181637[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]181638[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]181639[/ATTACH] My favorite has a light stamp on the bottom that I can't read, and paper lace on the inside edges of the box. [ATTACH=full]181640[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]181641[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]181642[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]181643[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]181644[/ATTACH] I'll put the 3rd in the next post.[/QUOTE]
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