Vaseline Jar
Title
Vaseline Jar
Subject
Hygiene & Toiletries
External Medicine
Medicine
Description
The embossed lettering:
TRADE (slight upward slant; just above “V”) VASELINE (slight arch) MARK (slight downward slant; just above” E”) / CHESEBROUGH (horizontal) / NEW - YORK (slight inverted arch)
Bottom: "25"
Vaseline has been trademarked since 1878, but this specific type of jar was manufactured between c. 1918-1938 according to Bill Lockhart's 2015 paper for the Society of Historical Archeology.TRADE (slight upward slant; just above “V”) VASELINE (slight arch) MARK (slight downward slant; just above” E”) / CHESEBROUGH (horizontal) / NEW - YORK (slight inverted arch)
Bottom: "25"
The jar originally had a paper label on one side, embossed lettering on the other, and a printed lid. (9th image from Ebay)
Source
https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/Vaseline2015.pdf
https://www.ebay.com/itm/265832048745
Publisher
Phoenix Project
Date
c. 1918-1938
Contributor
HIP-SI 2023
Format
contains 1.75oz
Height: 61mm/2.4in
Diameter: 48mm/1.9in
Weight: 66.5g
Height: 61mm/2.4in
Diameter: 48mm/1.9in
Weight: 66.5g
Type
Glass
Jar
Identifier
p739, ACC 189
Coverage
CCU 115
Collection
Citation
“Vaseline Jar,” The Phoenix Project , accessed October 2, 2026, https://martaphoenixproject.gsuanthropology.com/items/show/68.
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