Table jelly box
Chivers and Sons Ltd
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
130 mm (H); 95 mm (W); 30 mm (D)
Place of origin
Cambridge
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Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1150491
Summary
Table jelly box. A cardboard box containing Table Jelly. Marked Chivers' Gold Medal Table Jelly. Purveyors of Jellies to His Majesty The King. Chivers and Sons Ltd. The Orchard Factory, Histon, Cambridge, Eng. With directions for making etc.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
Top of the box: PURVEYORS OF / JELLIES / [To the right: Royal Coat of Arms over] BY APPOINTMENT [To the right] TO HIS MAJESTY / THE KING / CHIVERS' / REGISTERED TRADE MARK / GOLD MEDAL / TABLE JELLY On one side: CHIVERS & SONS LTD / The Orchard Factory / HISTON, CAMBRIDGE, ENG. On the opposite side: CHIVERS JELLIES are [..........] in eighteen flavours: / LEMON STAWBERRY ALMOND DAMSON / ORANGE APRICOT CHERRY PLAIN / RASBERRY VANILLA PINEAPPLE CALVES' FEET / BLACKCURRANT RED CURRANT GREENGAGE / LIME TANGERINE PORT WINE On one end: FLAVOUR CHERRY / TO MAKE ONE QUART On the base: Send a postcard for dainty illustrated Recipe / Book; including many ways of using a jelly. / DIRECTIONS / Place the tablets in an earthenware basin or glass vessel; add sufficient hot - not boiling - water to make, with the tablets one / quart; keep stirring gently UNTIL DISSOLVED and then pour / into mould. Stand in a cool place until the jelly is set, when it / will be ready for use and may be turned out in the usual way. / [In italics] Chivers and Sons Ltd / [Underlined] THIS JELLY IS MADE IN SILVER-LINED PANS AND FLAVOURED WITH RIPE FRUIT JUICES / [Underlined]
Makers and roles
Chivers and Sons Ltd, manufacturer