packet, food product

human history

Other Name
Ovoline - Keeps Fresh Eggs Fresh / Ovoline Ltd. Blenheim, NZ (alternative)
Description
Ovoline - Keeps Fresh Eggs Fresh, MADE BY OVOLINE PROPRIETARY CO. LTD. BLENHEIM, NEW ZEALAND
egg preservative
small circular cardboard pot with screw-on tin lid in square, printed, cardboard packet
markings: 2/- pencilled on box lid; "THIS BOX WILL DO 400 EGGS"
Place
Blenheim/Marlborough/South Island/New Zealand
Accession Number
2015.4.18
Accession Date
23 Jan 2015
Department
History
Social History

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Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2015.4.18
Gift of Mrs Yvonne Keesing
Primary Maker
Ovoline Proprietary Co. Ltd (Manufacturer)
Place
Blenheim/Marlborough/South Island/New Zealand
Date
Circa 1940-1970
Period
George VI (1936 - 1952)/House of Windsor/English reign
Elizabeth II (1952 - 2022)/House of Windsor/English reign
Media
cardboard/pasteboard/paper (fiber product)
metal/inorganic material
cardboard/pasteboard/paper (fiber product)
food preservative/preservative
petroleum jelly/organic material
Measurement Reading
171mm
31mm
172mm
10mm
50mm
56mm
56mm
Classification
Package, Product
Merchandising T&E
05 Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

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22 Sep 2023

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