Apollo Chocolates Box
maker
Apollo Chocolates
(active Boston, early 20th century)
Dateabout 1920
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumPrinted paper on cardboard
ClassificationsBoxes
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU11n34.a-b
eMuseum ID719205
Previous Number182
EmbARK ObjectID13583
TMS Source ID2483
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThis box once held one pound of assorted chocolates made by the confections company, Apollo Chocolates, which was active in Boston in the early 20th century. The box was found inside Isabella Stewart Gardner's writing desk in the Macknight Room in 1926, containing several small objects collected by her.
BibliographyNotesKathleen King, "Isabella's Desk of Curiosities in the Macknight Room," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 31 May 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabellas-desk-curiosities-macknight-room
MarksNotesPrinted in gold ink (on lid, upper left): Apollo / [Choc]olates
Printed in gold ink (on lid, lower right): ONE POUND / NET WEIGHT
Typewritten in ink (on lid, on red-bordered label): Withdrawn from writ- / ing desk and inlaid / stand Feb. 25, 1926
Printed in green ink (on base of box, center): Apollo Chocolates / ONE POUND NET / F.H. ROBERTS 128 CROSS ST. BOSTON / This package contains a choice assortment of / CARAMELS, NOUGATINES, NUTS IN CREAM, / CARMALLOWS, TRUE FRUIT CREAMS, / AND OTHER DELICIOUS PIECES.
Printed in gold ink (on lid, lower right): ONE POUND / NET WEIGHT
Typewritten in ink (on lid, on red-bordered label): Withdrawn from writ- / ing desk and inlaid / stand Feb. 25, 1926
Printed in green ink (on base of box, center): Apollo Chocolates / ONE POUND NET / F.H. ROBERTS 128 CROSS ST. BOSTON / This package contains a choice assortment of / CARAMELS, NOUGATINES, NUTS IN CREAM, / CARMALLOWS, TRUE FRUIT CREAMS, / AND OTHER DELICIOUS PIECES.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after about 1920.
