Seventy Shaker Herb Labels and an Unlabeled Seed Packet

Description:

Seventy Shaker Herb Labels and an Unlabeled Seed Packet, New Lebanon or Watervliet, New York, 19th century, black ink letterpress on mostly white paper.

These strip labels were applied to cardboard cylinders of medicinal extracts at both New Lebanon and Watervliet, New York. The Andrewses, as well as Charles Adams of the New York State Museum, recovered many of these directly from Shaker buildings in the 1930s. Also in this lot is one blank, unused seed packet. The Shakers were the first to commercially package small quantities of garden seeds as we buy them today.

Estimate $200-250


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