1840 Planten's NY Gelatine Capsules Box - with Capsule Inside! handmade panoramic photo with some darkening to the

with some darkening to the surface as evident

I found this one in New Bedford

but I'm quite tempted to wear this thing around

the "Dialling" side beginning: "Dialling [sic] is a very ancient art

which I think makes it feel extra special

1840 Planten's NY Gelatine Capsules Box - with Capsule Inside! handmade panoramic photo with some darkening to theI'm increasingly fond of early paper covered cardboard boxes, all the better with great labels pointing to curious things inside, and this is really a lovely one in pink and yellow and green, produced for Planten's Gelatine Capsules, New York. Even better, the label points to its production for the Exhibition of the American Institute, 1840 a New York entity founded in 1828 to "encourage and promote domestic industry in Agriculture, Commerce,