Wave Crest Georges codfish box

codfish box

MERCHANDISING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
C.F. Wonson & Co.
USA, MA, Gloucester
wood
overall: 2-1/8 x 6 x 4-1/8 in.

Fish box; wooden codfish box with dovetailed corners and a sliding lid; printed in green on lid "ONE POUND NET/ ABSOLUTELY BONELESS/ WAVE CREST/ GEORGES CODFISH/ PACKED BY/ C. F. WONSON & CO./ GLOUCESTER, MASS."; printed in black on right side "PREPARED WITH 1-40 OF 1%/ BENZOATE OF SODA/ WHICH IS REMOVED BY FRESH-/ ENING THE FISH AS FOLLOWS:/ SOAK 15 MINUTES IN RUNNING/ WATER, THEN 5 MINUTES IN/ FRESH WARM WATER, THEN/ BRING TO A BOIL SLOWLY IN/ FRESH WATER/"; handwritten on left side in pencil "no/ 35¢".

2001.127.25